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Nearly 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland woke up experiencing outages on the start of the week after powerful weather events passed over the state, bringing strong winds hitting 109km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Extensive Damage

Homeowners observed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing power throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units working to handle the widespread outages.

Victorian Storm Challenges

At the same time, around one thousand households in the southern state also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

State Emergency Services received over five hundred calls for help across the area, mostly for property damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee - recorded considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on yesterday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather 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 forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across various areas of both areas.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities alerted that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the area.