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Nearly 25,000 homes in Queensland's southeast woke up experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events impacted the state, producing wind gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Residents witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were working to restore energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams working to handle the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand households in the southern state also encountered energy failures after the metropolitan area experienced its wettest day in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations received nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, mostly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Most Affected Locations

• Werribee - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 help reports

At one point on yesterday, more than 28,000 electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

The following day was expected to become the wettest day, with persistent thunderstorm potential anticipated across multiple regions of both states.

Health Warning

Medical authorities alerted that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

This caution comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to significant health impacts in the state.