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Around 25,000 residences in Queensland's southeast found themselves without power on Monday morning after intense storm systems passed over the area, producing wind gusts reaching 109km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Widespread Damage

Homeowners reported substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in some areas. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in the southern state also faced power outages after the capital city recorded its most precipitation in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations responded to over five hundred emergency reports across the state, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Areas

• The Werribee area - saw substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham region - over 175 emergency requests

At one point on yesterday, in excess of 28k energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coast.

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

Medical Alert

Public health experts warned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

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