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Approximately 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast woke up without power on Monday morning after intense storm systems passed over the state, producing powerful gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Impact

Homeowners observed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in particular locations. Meteorological experts confirmed that various areas across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our power system!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams working to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, approximately one thousand households in the southern state also faced power outages after Melbourne saw its most precipitation in 18 months.

State Emergency Services received 598 requests for assistance across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee - experienced significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - various assistance requests
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on the previous day, in excess of 28k energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were expected to linger along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tuesday was forecast to be the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk expected across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities warned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after previous incidents where similar conditions led to major medical consequences in the region.