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Approximately 25,000 residences in south-east Queensland were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the state, producing powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Homeowners reported giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in particular locations. Meteorological experts confirmed that different parts across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were working to restore energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

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

State Emergency Services handled 598 requests for assistance across the state, primarily for building damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Most Affected Areas

• Werribee region - experienced considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham area - over 175 help reports

At one point on the previous day, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along much of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing thunderstorm potential expected across multiple regions of both areas.

Safety Concern

Health officials cautioned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

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