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Nearly 25,000 households in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, bringing wind gusts topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Hailstones and Widespread Impact

Residents observed substantial frozen pellets measuring up to 7cm in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that different parts across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing power throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units working to address the extensive power failures.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand residents in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area experienced its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to over five hundred calls for help across the area, primarily for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - recorded substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on the previous day, in excess of 28k energy customers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along large portions of Queensland's east this week as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tuesday was forecast to be the wettest day, with continued storm activity predicted across multiple regions of both states.

Medical Alert

Health officials cautioned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

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