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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 state, producing wind gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Widespread Impact

Residents reported giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7cm in certain regions. Meteorological experts announced that various areas across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our power system!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also experienced electricity disruptions after Melbourne saw its wettest day in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations handled 598 requests for assistance across the area, primarily for property damage but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee - experienced significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham region - 179 emergency requests

At the height on the previous day, in excess of 28k energy customers in the state were lacking electricity.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along much of Queensland's east this coming days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was forecast to be the most rainy day, with continued severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both areas.

Medical Alert

Public health experts warned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the northern rural areas, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the area.