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Approximately twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms passed over the region, bringing wind gusts reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Locals observed large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. Meteorological experts confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Response teams were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews activated to address the widespread outages.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, around 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also experienced power outages after the capital city experienced its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Emergency response teams received over five hundred requests for assistance across the state, mainly for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - experienced substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various assistance requests
• Wyndham area - 179 calls for assistance

At one point on the previous day, over 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the wettest day, with continued storm activity expected across different parts of both regions.

Safety Concern

Health officials alerted that there was an increased chance of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the state.