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Nearly 25,000 households in south-east Queensland were left lacking electricity on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the region, generating powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Widespread Impact

Locals reported large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7cm in some areas. Weather authorities announced that various areas across Queensland had been hit with significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand energy customers in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after the capital city recorded its wettest day in 18 months.

Emergency response teams responded to over five hundred requests for assistance across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Areas

• Werribee region - experienced significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on Sunday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were predicted to continue along much of eastern Queensland this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across various areas of both states.

Safety Concern

Health officials cautioned that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to significant health impacts in the state.