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Around twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland woke up lacking electricity on the start of the week after intense storm systems swept through the state, generating strong winds hitting 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Damage

Locals witnessed substantial frozen pellets as large as seven centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also encountered power outages after the metropolitan area recorded its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Emergency response teams responded to 598 requests for assistance across the area, mainly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee region - experienced substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 emergency requests

During the peak on yesterday, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were predicted to continue along much of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

Tuesday was expected to become the wettest day, with persistent thunderstorm potential predicted across different parts of both states.

Safety Concern

Public health experts cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after past events where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.