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Nearly 25,000 residences in south-east Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the state, generating strong winds topping 109km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Damage

Homeowners reported giant hailstones as large as 7cm in certain regions. Meteorological experts announced that various areas across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams working to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Storm Challenges

At the same time, nearly one thousand residents in the southern state also encountered power outages after the capital city experienced its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Rescue organizations responded to over five hundred calls for help across the region, mostly for building damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee - saw significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various assistance requests
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 emergency requests

During the peak on the previous day, over 28k electricity consumers in the state were without power.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this week as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the wettest day, with continued thunderstorm potential predicted across different parts of both regions.

Health Warning

Health officials cautioned that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, especially given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after past events where similar conditions led to major medical consequences in the state.