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Around 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland were left without power on the start of the week after powerful weather events impacted the region, producing powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Extensive Impact

Homeowners witnessed giant hailstones reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that different parts across the state had been impacted by significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our network!

Emergency crews were working to restore electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units working to handle the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also faced power outages after the metropolitan area experienced its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

State Emergency Services responded to nearly 600 emergency reports across the region, mainly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Impacted Locations

• The Werribee area - experienced considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - 179 calls for assistance

At one point on Sunday, more than 28k electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with continued thunderstorm potential predicted across various areas of both areas.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the state.