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Approximately twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms impacted the region, producing powerful gusts reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Broad Damage

Homeowners observed large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our network!

Response teams were working to restore electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews deployed to manage the extensive power failures.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, around 1,000 households in the southern state also faced power outages after Melbourne saw its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services responded to over five hundred requests for assistance across the area, mainly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - saw considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various assistance requests
• Wyndham - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on yesterday, over 28k energy customers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this coming days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

The following day was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing severe weather risk predicted across different parts of both regions.

Medical Alert

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

This warning comes after past events where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.