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Around 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland were left experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the area, producing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Widespread Destruction

Residents witnessed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. Meteorological experts verified that various areas across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our power system!

Utility workers were working to restore energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units activated to handle the widespread outages.

Southern State's Weather Woes

At the same time, approximately 1,000 residents in the southern state also faced power outages after the metropolitan area experienced its most precipitation in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services handled nearly 600 calls for help across the state, primarily for building damage but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Most Affected Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham area - 179 help reports

At the height on yesterday, over twenty-eight thousand energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tuesday was expected to become the wettest day, with persistent thunderstorm potential anticipated across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Public health experts warned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after past events where similar conditions led to significant health impacts in the state.