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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast woke up experiencing outages on the start of the week after intense storm systems impacted the region, bringing wind gusts reaching 109km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Extensive Destruction

Residents witnessed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7cm in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by significant hail.

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

Response teams were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units deployed to manage the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, around 1,000 residents in the southern state also encountered power outages after the capital city experienced its most precipitation in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the area, primarily for property damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - recorded considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 emergency requests

At one point on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 electricity consumers in the state were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tuesday was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent storm activity expected across various areas of both areas.

Health Warning

Medical authorities alerted that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the current weather patterns.

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