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Approximately twenty-five thousand households in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events impacted the area, producing powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Hailstones and Extensive Impact

Locals reported substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with large hailstones.

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

Utility workers were working to restore power throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, nearly one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after the metropolitan area saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the region, primarily for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee - experienced considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham - nearly 180 emergency requests

At one point on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 power users in the state were without power.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of eastern Queensland this week as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tuesday was expected to become the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk anticipated across different parts of both states.

Health Warning

Medical authorities warned that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.