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Approximately 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland woke up experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events swept through the area, bringing wind gusts topping 109km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Residents witnessed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

At the same time, around 1,000 residents in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city experienced its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams handled 598 emergency reports across the region, mostly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Most Impacted Regions

• The Werribee area - saw substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - over 175 help reports

At the height on yesterday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was predicted as the most rainy day, with ongoing storm activity expected across various areas of both regions.

Safety Concern

Public health experts warned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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