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Around 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast found themselves experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events swept through the area, generating powerful gusts topping 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Destruction

Residents reported substantial frozen pellets as large as 7 centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities announced that different parts across Queensland had been hit with large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units activated to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in Victoria also experienced energy failures after the capital city recorded its wettest day in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to over five hundred emergency reports across the region, primarily for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

During the peak on Sunday, over twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were expected to linger along large portions of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tuesday was forecast to be the wettest day, with ongoing severe weather risk predicted across various areas of both states.

Medical Alert

Health officials warned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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