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Nearly 25,000 residences in Queensland's southeast were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the area, bringing powerful gusts reaching 109km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Damage

Locals observed large ice chunks as large as seven centimeters in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that multiple regions across the state had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with nearly 70 crews working to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also encountered energy failures after Melbourne recorded its wettest day in 18 months.

State Emergency Services responded to 598 requests for assistance across the region, mostly for property damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee region - saw significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - over 175 emergency requests

At one point on Sunday, more than 28k electricity consumers in the state were lacking electricity.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coast.

The following day was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk expected across different parts of both areas.

Health Warning

Health officials warned that there was an greater possibility of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after past events where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.