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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast woke up without power on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the state, bringing wind gusts reaching 109km/h.

Large Hailstones and Extensive Damage

Locals witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been hit with significant hail.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were working to restore electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the widespread outages.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 residents in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Rescue organizations responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the region, mainly for building damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee - recorded substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 help reports

During the peak on yesterday, in excess of 28k power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were predicted to continue along significant areas of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent thunderstorm potential predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.