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Around 25,000 residences in southeastern Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events impacted the area, generating powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Impact

Homeowners witnessed giant hailstones reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that various areas across Queensland had been impacted by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Response teams were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Weather Woes

Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also experienced energy failures after Melbourne saw its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Rescue organizations handled nearly 600 calls for help across the region, mostly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - recorded substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous rescue reports
• Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance

At the height on the previous day, in excess of twenty-eight thousand power users in the state were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were forecast to persist along much of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with continued thunderstorm potential expected across multiple regions of both regions.

Safety Concern

Health officials alerted that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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