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Nearly 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast were left without power on Monday morning after powerful weather events swept through the region, bringing wind gusts topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Homeowners witnessed large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Response teams were working to restore electricity service throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams working to manage the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, around one thousand households in the southern state also encountered power outages after the metropolitan area saw its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams received over five hundred emergency reports across the state, mainly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee region - recorded considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various assistance requests
• Wyndham region - 179 calls for assistance

During the peak on the previous day, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along large portions of Queensland's east this week as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

The following day was predicted as the wettest day, with ongoing severe weather risk predicted across different parts of both regions.

Medical Alert

Health officials alerted that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

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