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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast found themselves without power on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the state, producing powerful gusts topping over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Locals observed giant hailstones measuring up to 7cm in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that different parts across the state had been hit with significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were working to restore electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams activated to handle the widespread outages.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, around 1,000 residents in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its wettest day in over 500 days.

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

Most Impacted Areas

• The Werribee area - experienced significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various emergency calls
• Wyndham - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on the previous day, over twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were predicted to continue along large portions of eastern Queensland this coming days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was predicted as the wettest day, with ongoing severe weather risk expected across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities warned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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