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Approximately 25,000 households in south-east Queensland were left lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events passed over the region, bringing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Hailstones and Extensive Impact

Locals observed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that various areas across Queensland had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing power throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units deployed to handle the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also encountered energy failures after the capital city recorded its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the area, primarily for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee region - saw significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham area - 179 help reports

During the peak on the previous day, more than 28k energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this week as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was forecast to be the wettest day, with continued thunderstorm potential expected across multiple regions of both regions.

Health Warning

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.