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Approximately twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast woke up without power on the start of the week after intense storm systems impacted the area, bringing powerful gusts topping 109km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Damage

Residents observed substantial frozen pellets as large as seven centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts confirmed that various areas across the state had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

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

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing power throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Weather Woes

At the same time, nearly one thousand households in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the region, mostly for building damage but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee region - recorded considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - numerous rescue reports
• Wyndham - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on yesterday, over 28k power users in the state were lacking electricity.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this week as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tomorrow was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across multiple regions of both states.

Health Warning

Health officials cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the current weather patterns.

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