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Around 25,000 households in south-east Queensland were left without power on the start of the week after intense storm systems passed over the area, generating wind gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Impact

Homeowners reported large ice chunks measuring up to seven centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been hit with large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our network!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units deployed to manage the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, approximately one thousand residents in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area saw its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 emergency reports across the region, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - saw substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

At one point on Sunday, more than twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were predicted to continue along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tomorrow was predicted as the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk expected across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

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