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Nearly 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast were left experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events impacted the area, generating wind gusts reaching 109km/h.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Impact

Locals witnessed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7cm in some areas. Weather authorities announced that different parts across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Response teams were working to restore energy supply throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Weather Woes

Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 households in Victoria also encountered power outages after the capital city experienced its most precipitation in over 500 days.

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

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee - experienced considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on Sunday, in excess of 28k power users in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of the state's eastern regions this week as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

The following day was expected to become the most rainy day, with ongoing thunderstorm potential anticipated across different parts of both areas.

Health Warning

Medical authorities warned that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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