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Nearly twenty-five thousand households in south-east Queensland were left without power on the start of the week after powerful weather events impacted the region, generating wind gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Widespread Damage

Homeowners witnessed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that various areas across the state had been hit with significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were working to restore electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to handle the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand households in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city experienced its wettest day in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations received nearly 600 emergency reports across the state, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Locations

• The Werribee area - recorded considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

At the height on yesterday, more than 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent storm activity anticipated across different parts of both areas.

Health Warning

Medical authorities alerted that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.