🔗 Share this article

Approximately 25,000 homes in southeastern Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms impacted the region, generating strong winds reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Ice Stones and Widespread Impact

Residents observed giant hailstones as large as seven centimeters in some areas. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Emergency crews were working to restore energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to handle the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Weather Woes

Meanwhile, around 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also faced energy failures after the capital city saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to 598 emergency reports across the region, mainly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee region - saw considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

During the peak on the previous day, more than 28,000 electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along much of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

The following day was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing severe weather risk anticipated across different parts of both regions.

Health Warning

Public health experts warned that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This caution comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the area.