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Around twenty-five thousand households in southeastern Queensland woke up experiencing outages on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the area, bringing wind gusts reaching 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Widespread Impact

Residents reported large ice chunks reaching sizes of seven centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that different parts across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams deployed to handle the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Weather Woes

Meanwhile, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced power outages after Melbourne recorded its wettest day in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams handled 598 requests for assistance across the state, primarily for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee - experienced significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham region - over 175 help reports

At the height on the previous day, over 28,000 power users in the state were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were expected to linger along much of Queensland's east this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tuesday was forecast to be the wettest day, with persistent severe weather risk expected across various areas of both areas.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities warned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, especially given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after previous incidents where similar conditions led to significant health impacts in the area.