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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland woke up without power on the start of the week after intense storm systems swept through the area, producing strong winds hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Damage

Homeowners reported giant hailstones as large as 7cm in some areas. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our network!

Response teams were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews working to handle the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, approximately 1,000 households in Victoria also encountered energy failures after the metropolitan area saw its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Emergency response teams responded to 598 requests for assistance across the state, mostly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Most Affected Locations

• Werribee - saw substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham region - over 175 calls for assistance

At one point on Sunday, over twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were expected to linger along large portions of Queensland's east this coming days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tuesday was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent severe weather risk expected across various areas of both states.

Health Warning

Medical authorities alerted that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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