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Around twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast found themselves lacking electricity on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the area, bringing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Destruction

Locals observed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Emergency crews were working to restore energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units activated to manage the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Weather Woes

At the same time, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also faced energy failures after the capital city experienced its wettest day in 18 months.

Rescue organizations received over five hundred requests for assistance across the area, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Most Impacted Areas

• Werribee region - saw significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham region - 179 emergency requests

During the peak on the previous day, over 28,000 power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this week as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

The following day was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent severe weather risk anticipated across various areas of both states.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities alerted that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the region.