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Approximately twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland were left experiencing outages on Monday morning after intense storm systems impacted the state, generating powerful gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Destruction

Residents witnessed large ice chunks as large as seven centimeters in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, around one thousand energy customers in Victoria also experienced energy failures after Melbourne recorded its wettest day in 18 months.

Emergency response teams handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the state, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• The Werribee area - experienced significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham - over 175 emergency requests

During the peak on Sunday, more than 28k power users in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of Queensland's east this week as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent thunderstorm potential anticipated across various areas of both areas.

Medical Alert

Health officials cautioned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where similar conditions led to major medical consequences in the region.