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Approximately 25,000 residences in Queensland's southeast found themselves experiencing outages on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms passed over the region, producing wind gusts topping 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Damage

Homeowners observed substantial frozen pellets measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that various areas across the state had been hit with large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units activated to handle the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 residents in Victoria also encountered power outages after Melbourne recorded its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams responded to over five hundred requests for assistance across the area, primarily for property damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - saw considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 help reports

During the peak on the previous day, more than 28k energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along large portions of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

The following day was forecast to be the wettest day, with continued thunderstorm potential expected across different parts of both states.

Safety Concern

Public health experts warned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the state.