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Around 25,000 residences in southeastern Queensland woke up experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems passed over the state, producing powerful gusts topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Hailstones and Widespread Destruction

Locals witnessed substantial frozen pellets measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities announced that various areas across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair power throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews activated to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams responded to over five hundred emergency reports across the area, mostly for structural issues but also for downed trees and inundation.

Most Affected Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

At the height on Sunday, in excess of 28,000 power users in the state were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along significant areas of Queensland's east this week as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

The following day was expected to become the most rainy day, with continued thunderstorm potential predicted across multiple regions of both areas.

Safety Concern

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This alert comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the region.