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Around 25,000 households in south-east Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the region, producing powerful gusts topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Ice Stones and Extensive Impact

Homeowners reported giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been impacted by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has absolutely smashed our network!

Response teams were working to restore energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams working to manage the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, approximately one thousand energy customers in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after the capital city saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services responded to over five hundred emergency reports across the area, primarily for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee region - recorded substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various assistance requests
• Wyndham - nearly 180 emergency requests

At one point on Sunday, over 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along large portions of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tuesday was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent thunderstorm potential predicted across various areas of both states.

Health Warning

Public health experts warned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, especially given the current weather patterns.

This caution comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the region.