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Approximately 25,000 households in south-east Queensland were left experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the area, generating powerful gusts topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Impact

Homeowners observed large ice chunks as large as 7 centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that various areas across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams activated to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, approximately one thousand energy customers in the southern state also encountered power outages after Melbourne saw its most precipitation in 18 months.

Emergency response teams responded to over five hundred emergency reports across the region, primarily for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Affected Areas

• The Werribee area - experienced considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 help reports

At the height on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 energy customers in the state were lacking electricity.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

Tuesday was predicted as the most rainy day, with ongoing severe weather risk expected across multiple regions of both states.

Medical Alert

Public health experts cautioned that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after past events where similar conditions led to significant health impacts in the region.