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Nearly twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast woke up lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms impacted the region, generating strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Extensive Impact

Locals witnessed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7 centimeters in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our power system!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units working to handle the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

At the same time, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after the metropolitan area saw its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations responded to 598 calls for help across the state, primarily for structural issues but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee - saw considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham - 179 help reports

During the peak on yesterday, more than 28,000 energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were expected to linger along large portions of Queensland's east this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the most rainy day, with ongoing thunderstorm potential anticipated across various areas of both states.

Health Warning

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

This alert comes after historical occurrences where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the region.