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Nearly 25,000 homes in Queensland's southeast were left without power on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events swept through the area, bringing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Destruction

Locals witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to 7 centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that different parts across Queensland had been impacted by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our network!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, nearly one thousand energy customers in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the state, mainly for property damage but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Hardest Hit Areas

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

At one point on Sunday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were expected to linger along significant areas of eastern Queensland this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

The following day was forecast to be the most rainy day, with ongoing storm activity predicted across different parts of both states.

Health Warning

Health officials cautioned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.