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Around twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after intense storm systems impacted the area, generating strong winds reaching 109km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Broad Damage

Locals reported substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in particular locations. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been impacted by substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has absolutely smashed our network!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing power throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams deployed to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Weather Woes

At the same time, approximately 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city saw its most precipitation in 18 months.

State Emergency Services handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the area, mainly for structural issues but also for downed trees and inundation.

Most Impacted Areas

• Werribee - experienced significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham region - over 175 emergency requests

At the height on yesterday, more than twenty-eight thousand power users in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along much of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was expected to become the wettest day, with continued thunderstorm potential anticipated across multiple regions of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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