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Approximately 25,000 households in south-east Queensland were left experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the state, producing powerful gusts topping 109km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Impact

Residents reported large ice chunks as large as 7cm in particular locations. Meteorological experts confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our power system!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams working to handle the widespread outages.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, nearly 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also encountered power outages after the metropolitan area recorded its wettest day in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams received nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, mostly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee region - experienced significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham - nearly 180 calls for assistance

At the height on Sunday, more than 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

The following day was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across various areas of both states.

Health Warning

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

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