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Around twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast found themselves lacking electricity on Monday morning after powerful weather events swept through the region, bringing powerful gusts hitting 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Widespread Impact

Homeowners reported large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in particular locations. Meteorological experts verified that different parts across Queensland had been impacted by significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews activated to manage the extensive power failures.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

At the same time, nearly 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also encountered power outages after the capital city experienced its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services handled 598 calls for help across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee region - experienced substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham - nearly 180 calls for assistance

During the peak on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 energy customers in the state were without power.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along large portions of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

The following day was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk expected across various areas of both areas.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This caution comes after past events where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.