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Nearly twenty-five thousand households in south-east Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday morning after powerful weather events impacted the area, producing wind gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Impact

Residents observed giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7cm in particular locations. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our power system!

Response teams were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, around 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also encountered energy failures after the metropolitan area experienced its wettest day in 18 months.

Emergency response teams received 598 requests for assistance across the region, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Affected Locations

• Werribee - experienced substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

During the peak on yesterday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along much of Queensland's east this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

The following day was predicted as the most rainy day, with persistent thunderstorm potential expected across multiple regions of both areas.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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