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Approximately 25,000 homes in southeastern Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events passed over the state, bringing strong winds hitting over 100 km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Extensive Destruction

Homeowners reported large ice chunks as large as 7 centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities confirmed that various areas across the state had been impacted by significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand households in the southern state also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its most precipitation in 18 months.

Rescue organizations received nearly 600 calls for help across the state, mostly for building damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee - experienced significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham area - 179 calls for assistance

During the peak on the previous day, more than 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this week as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent thunderstorm potential expected across different parts of both states.

Safety Concern

Public health experts cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the northern rural areas, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

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