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Approximately twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast woke up lacking electricity on Monday morning after intense storm systems passed over the area, bringing strong winds reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Impact

Homeowners witnessed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that various areas 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 power throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams activated to address the extensive power failures.

Victorian Storm Challenges

At the same time, nearly one thousand residents in Victoria also experienced energy failures after the metropolitan area recorded its wettest day in a year and a half.

Emergency response teams handled 598 requests for assistance across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee region - experienced considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham - over 175 calls for assistance

At one point on the previous day, more than 28,000 power users in the state were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Moist weather were predicted to continue along large portions of eastern Queensland this week as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Medical Alert

Health officials cautioned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

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