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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday morning after intense storm systems swept through the state, bringing powerful gusts topping over 100 km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Impact

Residents observed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in some areas. Weather authorities verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been impacted by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Weather Woes

At the same time, nearly 1,000 households in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after Melbourne saw its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Rescue organizations responded to over five hundred requests for assistance across the area, mainly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• The Werribee area - experienced significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham - over 175 help reports

At the height on the previous day, over twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were expected to linger along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

The following day was expected to become the most rainy day, with persistent thunderstorm potential predicted across different parts of both states.

Medical Alert

Health officials alerted that there was an increased chance of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the region.