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Nearly twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast were left experiencing outages on the start of the week after intense storm systems swept through the region, generating powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Impact

Homeowners witnessed giant hailstones as large as 7 centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts verified that various areas across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to handle the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, around one thousand households in the southern state also experienced power outages after the capital city recorded its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to over five hundred requests for assistance across the area, mainly for building damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Most Impacted Locations

• The Werribee area - recorded substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - over 175 help reports

During the peak on the previous day, over 28,000 electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

The following day was expected to become the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both states.

Health Warning

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

This alert comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to significant health impacts in the area.