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Around twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland found themselves without power on the start of the week after powerful weather events passed over the region, generating wind gusts topping over 100 km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Impact

Residents witnessed giant hailstones as large as 7 centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our power system!

Response teams were working to restore electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also faced energy failures after Melbourne saw its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations received 598 requests for assistance across the state, mostly for property damage but also for downed trees and flooding.

Most Impacted Areas

• Werribee region - saw significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - various assistance requests
• Wyndham region - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on yesterday, over twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

The following day was expected to become the wettest day, with continued thunderstorm potential expected across multiple regions of both states.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities alerted that there was an increased chance of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

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