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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in southeastern Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms impacted the region, generating strong winds hitting 109km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Widespread Impact

Residents reported substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in some areas. Meteorological experts verified that different parts across Queensland had been hit with large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our network!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units deployed to manage the widespread outages.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also encountered energy failures after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Rescue organizations handled 598 emergency reports across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Affected Locations

• Werribee - saw considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - over 175 help reports

At the height on Sunday, more than 28,000 power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were expected to linger along large portions of Queensland's east this week as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk anticipated across multiple regions of both states.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.