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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast woke up experiencing outages on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms impacted the area, bringing strong winds topping 109km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Locals witnessed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that various areas across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our network!

Response teams were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to manage the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand energy customers in Victoria also experienced power outages after the metropolitan area recorded its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Rescue organizations received over five hundred emergency reports across the region, mainly for property damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Most Affected Areas

• The Werribee area - experienced considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - 179 help reports

During the peak on Sunday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along much of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent severe weather risk expected across different parts of both states.

Safety Concern

Health officials warned that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, especially given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.