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Nearly 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland were left without power on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the state, generating strong winds hitting over 100 km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Damage

Locals reported giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in some areas. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were working to restore electricity service throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews working to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, around one thousand residents in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to nearly 600 requests for assistance across the state, primarily for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - saw significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham region - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on Sunday, over twenty-eight thousand power users in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

The following day was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with continued thunderstorm potential predicted across different parts of both regions.

Medical Alert

Public health experts cautioned that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after past events where similar conditions led to significant health impacts in the region.