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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in south-east Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the state, producing powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Residents witnessed substantial frozen pellets measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to manage the widespread outages.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand energy customers in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city experienced its wettest day in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams received over five hundred requests for assistance across the region, primarily for property damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Most Affected Locations

• The Werribee area - recorded considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple rescue reports
• Wyndham - over 175 help reports

At one point on the previous day, more than 28k power users in the state were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along much of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the wettest day, with ongoing severe weather risk expected across various areas of both regions.

Health Warning

Public health experts cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.