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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms impacted the state, bringing powerful gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Widespread Destruction

Residents observed large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in some areas. Weather authorities announced that various areas across the state had been affected by significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing power throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units working to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand energy customers in the southern state also encountered power outages after the metropolitan area saw its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations handled over five hundred emergency reports across the region, primarily for building damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - saw significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various assistance requests
• Wyndham area - 179 help reports

At the height on yesterday, over 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tomorrow was predicted as the most rainy day, with ongoing thunderstorm potential predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Safety Concern

Public health experts alerted that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, specifically given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after previous incidents where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.