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Approximately 25,000 households in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events passed over the state, bringing powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Hailstones and Extensive Impact

Homeowners reported giant hailstones reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that various areas across Queensland had been impacted by significant hail.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Response teams were working to restore energy supply throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews working to handle the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city saw its wettest day in 18 months.

Emergency response teams responded to 598 calls for help across the state, primarily for building damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• The Werribee area - saw significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous rescue reports
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

At the height on yesterday, more than 28k energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the most rainy day, with continued storm activity expected across different parts of both areas.

Safety Concern

Public health experts cautioned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the current weather patterns.

This caution comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the region.