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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms impacted the state, bringing wind gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Hailstones and Broad Impact

Homeowners observed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that various areas across Queensland had been hit with significant hail.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

At the same time, around 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after Melbourne experienced its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services received 598 requests for assistance across the region, mostly for property damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - saw substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham region - over 175 emergency requests

At one point on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 energy customers in the state were without power.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of Queensland's east this week as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across multiple regions of both areas.

Safety Concern

Health officials cautioned that there was an increased chance of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.