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Approximately 25,000 homes in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms impacted the state, producing powerful gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Hailstones and Widespread Damage

Locals witnessed substantial frozen pellets as large as seven centimeters in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that multiple regions across the state had been affected by significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our power system!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units activated to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

At the same time, approximately 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also encountered power outages after Melbourne recorded its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams responded to 598 emergency reports across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Locations

• The Werribee area - experienced substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

At one point on Sunday, over 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were predicted to continue along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

The following day was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This caution comes after past events where similar conditions led to major medical consequences in the region.