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Nearly 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland were left without power on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the state, generating wind gusts hitting 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Homeowners reported giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our power system!

Emergency crews were working to restore energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to handle the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand energy customers in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area recorded its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services received nearly 600 calls for help across the state, primarily for structural issues but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - recorded substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham region - over 175 calls for assistance

During the peak on Sunday, over twenty-eight thousand power users in the state were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were predicted to continue along much of the state's eastern regions this week as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the most rainy day, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across various areas of both regions.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after past events where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.