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Approximately 25,000 homes in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after powerful weather events passed over the area, bringing strong winds topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Homeowners reported large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that various areas across the state had been hit with significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews working to address the extensive power failures.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

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

State Emergency Services received 598 calls for help across the region, mainly for property damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham - 179 help reports

During the peak on the previous day, in excess of 28,000 power users in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

Tuesday was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing storm activity predicted across multiple regions of both areas.

Medical Alert

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

This warning comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.