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Nearly twenty-five thousand residences in southeastern Queensland woke up experiencing outages on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms impacted the region, bringing powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Extensive Destruction

Residents reported large ice chunks measuring up to 7cm in particular locations. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has absolutely smashed our power system!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing electricity service throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 residents in Victoria also faced power outages after Melbourne saw its most precipitation in 18 months.

Rescue organizations received nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee - experienced substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham area - over 175 emergency requests

At one point on yesterday, in excess of twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were expected to linger along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.

Tuesday was expected to become the wettest day, with continued severe weather risk expected across different parts of both areas.

Health Warning

Health officials warned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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