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Approximately twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast found themselves without power on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the region, generating powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Damage

Residents reported giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that various areas across the state had been hit with large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Response teams were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews activated to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Storm Challenges

At the same time, nearly one thousand households in Victoria also faced power outages after the capital city experienced its most precipitation in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services handled over five hundred calls for help across the state, primarily for building damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Most Impacted Locations

• The Werribee area - recorded significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham - nearly 180 emergency requests

During the peak on the previous day, in excess of 28k power users in the state were without power.

Weather Forecast

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

The following day was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing storm activity anticipated across multiple regions of both areas.

Safety Concern

Public health experts warned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This caution comes after past events where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.