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Around twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast woke up without power on the start of the week after powerful weather events passed over the area, generating powerful gusts reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Damage

Residents observed giant hailstones measuring up to 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that various areas across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing power throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units deployed to manage the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in the southern state also encountered energy failures after Melbourne saw its most precipitation in 18 months.

Rescue organizations handled nearly 600 calls for help across the region, primarily for building damage but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Most Impacted Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded significant destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 calls for assistance

At one point on yesterday, over 28k power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of eastern Queensland this week as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

The following day was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across different parts of both areas.

Health Warning

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, particularly given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to significant health impacts in the state.