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Approximately 25,000 homes in southeastern Queensland woke up without power on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, bringing strong winds hitting 109km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Extensive Impact

Residents observed large ice chunks as large as 7 centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our power system!

Emergency crews were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams activated to address the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after Melbourne experienced its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the region, mainly for structural issues but also for downed trees and flooding.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee region - experienced significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 help reports

At one point on the previous day, over twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing thunderstorm potential expected across various areas of both states.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the region.