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Around twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms impacted the state, producing strong winds topping over 100 km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Impact

Residents reported large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that different parts across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing power throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams deployed to manage the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, nearly one thousand energy customers in Victoria also faced energy failures after the capital city recorded its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams received nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, primarily for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee region - experienced significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along large portions of the state's eastern regions this week as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was predicted as the wettest day, with continued thunderstorm potential predicted across various areas of both states.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities alerted that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where similar conditions led to significant health impacts in the area.