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Around twenty-five thousand residences in southeastern Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems impacted the area, bringing strong winds hitting 109km/h.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Damage

Residents reported large ice chunks measuring up to 7 centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities announced that different parts across the state had been impacted by large hailstones.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our network!

Utility workers were working to restore energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to address the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand energy customers in Victoria also experienced electricity disruptions after Melbourne recorded its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations handled nearly 600 calls for help across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for downed trees and inundation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee - recorded significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

At the height on Sunday, more than 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of Queensland's east this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the coast.

The following day was expected to become the heaviest precipitation period, with ongoing severe weather risk expected across multiple regions of both states.

Safety Concern

Health officials cautioned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the state's northern country region, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after past events where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.