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Approximately twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast were left lacking electricity on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the region, generating wind gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Broad Destruction

Residents witnessed large ice chunks as large as 7cm in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by significant hail.

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

Utility workers were working to restore electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units working to address the widespread outages.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, around one thousand energy customers in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations responded to nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 help reports

At the height on yesterday, over 28,000 electricity consumers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue 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 wettest day, with persistent thunderstorm potential expected across multiple regions of both regions.

Medical Alert

Health officials cautioned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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