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Approximately 25,000 homes in southeastern Queensland woke up experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms impacted the area, producing strong winds topping over 100 km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Extensive Impact

Homeowners observed large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7cm in some areas. Weather authorities announced that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our power system!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

At the same time, approximately one thousand households in the southern state also faced power outages after the metropolitan area experienced its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams received over five hundred calls for help across the area, mostly for building damage but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Locations

• The Werribee area - saw considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 emergency requests

During the peak on Sunday, over 28k energy customers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tuesday was predicted as the wettest day, with continued thunderstorm potential anticipated across different parts of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities alerted that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

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