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Nearly twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast woke up without power on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the state, bringing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Destruction

Homeowners witnessed large ice chunks as large as 7 centimeters in some areas. Meteorological experts verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing power throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units activated to handle the widespread outages.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, nearly one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced power outages after the metropolitan area saw its most precipitation in 18 months.

Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 emergency reports across the state, primarily for structural issues but also for downed trees and flooding.

Most Affected Locations

• Werribee region - recorded considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham region - 179 emergency requests

During the peak on the previous day, in excess of 28k energy customers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the most rainy day, with continued severe weather risk predicted across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities alerted 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 past events where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the state.