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Nearly twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast woke up experiencing outages on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the region, generating wind gusts hitting 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Locals witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that different parts across the state had been affected by significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair power throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews activated to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also experienced electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its wettest day in 18 months.

Emergency response teams received 598 emergency reports across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee region - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various assistance requests
• Wyndham region - over 175 calls for assistance

At the height on the previous day, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

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

Tomorrow was forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent storm activity predicted across different parts of both regions.

Medical Alert

Public health experts cautioned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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