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Nearly 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast woke up lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events impacted the area, generating wind gusts reaching 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Impact

Locals witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to 7cm in some areas. Weather authorities verified that different parts across Queensland had been affected by significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were working to restore electricity service throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to manage the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand residents in the southern state also experienced energy failures after the capital city experienced its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the region, mainly for property damage but also for downed trees and flooding.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee region - experienced considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 calls for assistance

At the height on yesterday, more than twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of eastern Queensland this coming days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the most rainy day, with ongoing thunderstorm potential anticipated across various areas of both regions.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.