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Nearly twenty-five thousand households in southeastern Queensland were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms impacted the area, generating powerful gusts topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Ice Stones and Widespread Impact

Locals witnessed large ice chunks reaching sizes of seven centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that different parts across the state had been affected by significant hail.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Response teams were working to restore energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams deployed to manage the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

At the same time, nearly one thousand residents in Victoria also faced energy failures after the capital city experienced its wettest day in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services handled nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, mostly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Affected Areas

• Werribee - recorded considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - various rescue reports
• Wyndham region - over 175 calls for assistance

During the peak on yesterday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were predicted to continue along much of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with continued storm activity expected across various areas of both areas.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.