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Around twenty-five thousand residences in southeastern Queensland woke up lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, producing powerful gusts reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Hailstones and Extensive Damage

Residents witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to 7cm in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that multiple regions across the state had been affected by significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams working to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also encountered power outages after the metropolitan area recorded its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations handled nearly 600 requests for assistance across the state, mainly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - experienced substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - numerous rescue reports
• Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance

At one point on yesterday, more than 28k energy customers in the state were lacking electricity.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were expected to linger along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tuesday was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk expected across multiple regions of both areas.

Health Warning

Public health experts warned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This alert comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.