Approximately twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms swept through the area, producing powerful gusts topping 109km/h.
Homeowners observed giant hailstones as large as 7 centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been hit with large hailstones.
Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!
Response teams were working to restore power throughout the affected regions, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.
At the same time, around one thousand residents in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after the capital city saw its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.
State Emergency Services received 598 emergency reports across the area, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.
At one point on Sunday, over 28k electricity consumers in the state were lacking electricity.
Damp conditions were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.
Tuesday was expected to become the most rainy day, with ongoing thunderstorm potential expected across multiple regions of both regions.
Medical authorities alerted that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the ongoing climate situation.
This alert comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.
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