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Around 25,000 households in south-east Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the area, bringing strong winds reaching 109km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Homeowners reported large ice chunks as large as 7 centimeters in particular locations. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Weather Woes

At the same time, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services received over five hundred emergency reports across the area, mostly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee region - experienced substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on yesterday, over 28k power users in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along large portions of Queensland's east this week as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the wettest day, with continued thunderstorm potential predicted across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.