🔗 Share this article

Around 25,000 residences in southeastern Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on Monday morning after intense storm systems impacted the state, generating powerful gusts topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Ice Stones and Broad Destruction

Homeowners witnessed giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7cm in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Emergency crews were working to restore energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with nearly 70 crews working to handle the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, approximately one thousand residents in Victoria also faced energy failures after the metropolitan area saw its wettest day in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the region, mostly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee region - recorded considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - various assistance requests
• Wyndham region - over 175 help reports

At one point on Sunday, over 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along large portions of Queensland's east this week as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the wettest day, with ongoing thunderstorm potential expected across various areas of both states.

Safety Concern

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the northern rural areas, particularly given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to significant health impacts in the area.