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Approximately 25,000 residences in Queensland's southeast woke up lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, producing powerful gusts reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Ice Stones and Extensive Impact

Residents observed large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by significant hail.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our power system!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing power throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units working to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand residents in the southern state also encountered power outages after the metropolitan area recorded its wettest day in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations received over five hundred emergency reports across the state, mostly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• The Werribee area - saw considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

During the peak on the previous day, over 28,000 energy customers in the state were without power.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were expected to linger along large portions of eastern Queensland this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was predicted as the wettest day, with persistent severe weather risk anticipated across different parts of both areas.

Medical Alert

Health officials alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.