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Nearly 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after powerful weather events passed over the region, bringing powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Broad Destruction

Homeowners observed giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing power throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams working to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Weather Woes

At the same time, nearly 1,000 households in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after Melbourne saw its most precipitation in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams responded to over five hundred calls for help across the state, primarily for building damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee region - recorded substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on Sunday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent storm activity expected across various areas of both states.

Health Warning

Health officials cautioned that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, specifically given the current weather patterns.

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