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Around 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland woke up without power on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, generating powerful gusts reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Damage

Homeowners observed giant hailstones reaching sizes of 7cm in particular locations. Meteorological experts verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our power system!

Utility workers were working to restore power throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the widespread outages.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

At the same time, approximately 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also encountered power outages after the metropolitan area recorded its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to over five hundred calls for help across the area, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee region - saw substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 emergency requests

During the peak on yesterday, over 28,000 power users in the state were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

The following day was predicted as the most rainy day, with ongoing severe weather risk predicted across different parts of both states.

Medical Alert

Public health experts cautioned that there was an increased chance of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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