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Around twenty-five thousand households in south-east Queensland woke up without power on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the region, generating powerful gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Ice Stones and Broad Impact

Residents observed giant hailstones measuring up to 7 centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the widespread outages.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand energy customers in Victoria also experienced energy failures after the capital city experienced its wettest day in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations received nearly 600 requests for assistance across the region, mostly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee region - experienced significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham region - 179 calls for assistance

At one point on the previous day, over 28k electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along significant areas of eastern Queensland this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tomorrow was predicted as the wettest day, with continued storm activity predicted across different parts of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after past events where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the region.