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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland were left without power on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the region, producing powerful gusts topping 109km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Destruction

Homeowners reported large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that various areas across the state had been hit with significant hail.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were working to restore energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units deployed to manage the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, around 1,000 residents in the southern state also encountered power outages after the capital city saw its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services received nearly 600 emergency reports across the region, mostly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - saw substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on the previous day, over twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along large portions of Queensland's east this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the wettest day, with persistent severe weather risk anticipated across various areas of both regions.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This caution comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.