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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland woke up experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the state, bringing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Widespread Damage

Homeowners reported large ice chunks measuring up to 7 centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts verified that various areas across the state had been impacted by significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our power system!

Utility workers were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams activated to handle the extensive power failures.

Victorian Weather Woes

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after the capital city experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations received over five hundred emergency reports across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee - saw considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing area - various emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 help reports

At the height on Sunday, over twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was expected to become the most rainy day, with continued storm activity predicted across multiple regions of both areas.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities warned that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.