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Nearly 25,000 homes in south-east Queensland were left experiencing outages on the start of the week after intense storm systems impacted the area, bringing wind gusts hitting 109km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Widespread Impact

Residents observed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams working to address the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also faced power outages after the capital city recorded its wettest day in 18 months.

State Emergency Services responded to nearly 600 requests for assistance across the area, mostly for building damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - recorded considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham region - over 175 help reports

At one point on yesterday, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tuesday was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing severe weather risk expected across different parts of both states.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities alerted that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.