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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after intense storm systems swept through the area, bringing powerful gusts topping 109km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Broad Destruction

Locals witnessed large ice chunks as large as 7cm in particular locations. Meteorological experts announced that various areas across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our network!

Emergency crews were working to restore electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with nearly 70 crews activated to manage the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 households in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area experienced its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

State Emergency Services received over five hundred calls for help across the area, primarily for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee region - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham area - 179 emergency requests

During the peak on the previous day, in excess of 28k energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along much of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

Tuesday was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both states.

Medical Alert

Health officials warned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the area.