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Approximately twenty-five thousand households in southeastern Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events swept through the region, producing wind gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Impact

Locals observed giant hailstones reaching sizes of seven centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts confirmed that various areas across Queensland had been affected by significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were attempting to repair power throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams working to handle the extensive power failures.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, nearly one thousand residents in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area recorded its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams handled 598 requests for assistance across the region, mainly for building damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham region - 179 emergency requests

At the height on Sunday, over 28k power users in the state were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tuesday was expected to become the wettest day, with ongoing severe weather risk expected across different parts of both areas.

Health Warning

Health officials alerted that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

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