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Around twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the region, generating strong winds hitting over 100 km/h.

Large Hailstones and Widespread Impact

Locals reported substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7cm in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that different parts across the state had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our power system!

Emergency crews were working to restore power throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

At the same time, nearly one thousand residents in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its most precipitation in 18 months.

Emergency response teams responded to 598 emergency reports across the state, mostly for building damage but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee - recorded considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

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

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were expected to linger along much of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was expected to become the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk anticipated across multiple regions of both areas.

Safety Concern

Health officials cautioned that there was an increased chance of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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