🔗 Share this article

Around twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast woke up without power on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the area, bringing powerful gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Ice Stones and Extensive Destruction

Residents witnessed giant hailstones measuring up to 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that different parts across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

Today's weather system has severely damaged our network!

Utility workers were working to restore electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units deployed to manage the numerous electricity disruptions.

Southern State's Weather Woes

Meanwhile, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also experienced energy failures after the capital city recorded its most precipitation in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the state, mostly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - over 175 help reports

At the height on Sunday, over twenty-eight thousand power users in the state were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along large portions of eastern Queensland this week as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tuesday was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent storm activity expected across different parts of both states.

Health Warning

Health officials alerted that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This caution comes after past events where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the region.