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Around 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast found themselves without power on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms impacted the region, bringing wind gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Widespread Destruction

Residents reported substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. Meteorological experts announced that different parts across Queensland had been affected by significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with nearly 70 crews working to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, around 1,000 residents in Victoria also encountered energy failures after the capital city experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services received nearly 600 requests for assistance across the area, mainly for structural issues but also for downed trees and flooding.

Most Impacted Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 calls for assistance

At one point on Sunday, over 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tuesday was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing severe weather risk predicted across various areas of both states.

Health Warning

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

This alert comes after past events where similar conditions led to major medical consequences in the region.