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Approximately 25,000 homes in south-east Queensland found themselves without power on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events swept through the state, bringing strong winds reaching 109km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Destruction

Residents witnessed giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our power system!

Emergency crews were attempting to repair power throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units working to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, nearly 1,000 residents in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area recorded its wettest day in 18 months.

State Emergency Services handled nearly 600 requests for assistance across the state, primarily for structural issues but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - saw substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - various assistance requests
• Wyndham region - 179 help reports

At the height on Sunday, in excess of 28k energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were expected to linger along large portions of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tuesday was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with continued storm activity anticipated across different parts of both states.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, particularly given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.