Nearly 25,000 Left Without Electricity in South-East Queensland and Victoria Following Intense Weather Systems

Around 25,000 residences in southeastern Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after powerful weather events impacted the area, producing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Hailstones and Broad Damage

Residents reported substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in some areas. Meteorological experts verified that various areas across the state had been affected by significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units activated to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, around 1,000 residents in Victoria also encountered power outages after the capital city saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services responded to over five hundred emergency reports across the state, mainly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Most Impacted Locations

• Werribee - recorded considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on Sunday, in excess of 28k power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along much of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk expected across different parts of both states.

Health Warning

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after past events where similar conditions led to significant health impacts in the region.