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Approximately twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast woke up lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events swept through the area, generating strong winds hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Damage

Locals reported giant hailstones measuring up to seven centimeters in some areas. Meteorological experts announced that different parts across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our power system!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Storm Challenges

At the same time, around 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after the metropolitan area experienced its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the state, mostly for structural issues but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee - experienced considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham - 179 emergency requests

During the peak on Sunday, more than 28,000 electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both states.

Safety Concern

Public health experts alerted that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.