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Around 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland found themselves without power on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the state, producing powerful gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Hailstones and Widespread Impact

Residents witnessed large ice chunks reaching sizes of seven centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that different parts across the state had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews working to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after the capital city saw its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services received over five hundred calls for help across the region, mostly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Affected Areas

• Werribee - saw significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous rescue reports
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

During the peak on yesterday, over twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was forecast to be the wettest day, with persistent thunderstorm potential anticipated across multiple regions of both states.

Medical Alert

Public health experts alerted that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after past events where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the area.