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Nearly 25,000 households in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events swept through the area, producing strong winds reaching 109km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Destruction

Homeowners observed large ice chunks as large as seven centimeters in some areas. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Utility workers were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams activated to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Weather Woes

At the same time, nearly one thousand residents in Victoria also experienced energy failures after Melbourne recorded its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Rescue organizations responded to 598 calls for help across the region, mostly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Impacted Areas

• Werribee region - saw substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham region - 179 calls for assistance

During the peak on the previous day, over twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were expected to linger along large portions of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to pull in damp air against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was expected to become the wettest day, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both areas.

Medical Alert

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

This caution comes after past events where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.