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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland woke up lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, generating powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Widespread Damage

Homeowners reported giant hailstones as large as seven centimeters in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that different parts across the state had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams activated to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Weather Woes

At the same time, nearly 1,000 households in the southern state also faced energy failures after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the state, primarily for building damage but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - recorded substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham region - over 175 help reports

At the height on the previous day, more than 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were expected to linger along much of eastern Queensland this week as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tuesday was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across various areas of both states.

Safety Concern

Public health experts cautioned that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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