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Approximately 25,000 residences in Queensland's southeast woke up experiencing outages on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms swept through the region, bringing powerful gusts hitting 109km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Broad Destruction

Residents observed giant hailstones as large as 7 centimeters in particular locations. Weather authorities confirmed that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams activated to handle the widespread outages.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

At the same time, around one thousand residents in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after the capital city experienced its wettest day in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the area, mostly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Most Affected Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham - over 175 help reports

At one point on yesterday, more than 28k energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were expected to linger along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the most rainy day, with ongoing thunderstorm potential predicted across multiple regions of both states.

Health Warning

Public health experts warned that there was an increased chance of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after past events where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.