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Nearly 25,000 residences in south-east Queensland were left lacking electricity on Monday morning after powerful weather events impacted the area, producing wind gusts hitting 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Impact

Residents reported large ice chunks reaching sizes of seven centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that different parts across Queensland had been affected by significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our power system!

Utility workers were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams working to manage the widespread outages.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area experienced its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Rescue organizations received over five hundred emergency reports across the region, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Affected Locations

• The Werribee area - saw substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various rescue reports
• Wyndham - over 175 help reports

At the height on the previous day, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in the state were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was expected to become the wettest day, with persistent severe weather risk 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 state's northern country region, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

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