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Around 25,000 residences in Queensland's southeast were left experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the region, bringing wind gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Large Hailstones and Widespread Damage

Residents reported substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of seven centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been affected by significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews working to manage the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

At the same time, nearly one thousand households in Victoria also experienced energy failures after Melbourne recorded its most precipitation in 18 months.

Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the region, mainly for building damage but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee region - recorded considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various assistance requests
• Wyndham area - over 175 emergency requests

At the height on Sunday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were expected to linger along large portions of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tuesday was forecast to be the most rainy day, with ongoing severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both states.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This alert comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the region.