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Nearly 25,000 residences in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems swept through the region, bringing strong winds reaching 109km/h.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Homeowners reported giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities announced that different parts across Queensland had been impacted by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our power system!

Utility workers were working to restore energy supply throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams deployed to handle the widespread outages.

Victorian Weather Woes

Simultaneously, nearly 1,000 households in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city saw its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services responded to over five hundred calls for help across the area, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee region - recorded considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 help reports

At one point on the previous day, in excess of 28,000 electricity consumers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk expected across different parts of both regions.

Health Warning

Medical authorities alerted that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.