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Around twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland woke up experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems passed over the region, producing wind gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Massive Ice Stones and Broad Impact

Homeowners reported substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities confirmed that different parts across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has severely damaged our infrastructure!

Utility workers were working to restore electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units deployed to manage the extensive power failures.

Victorian Weather Woes

Simultaneously, around one thousand households in the southern state also experienced electricity disruptions after the capital city experienced its most precipitation in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations handled over five hundred calls for help across the region, mostly for property damage but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Most Affected Regions

• Werribee - recorded considerable destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - numerous rescue reports
• Wyndham area - over 175 calls for assistance

At the height on the previous day, in excess of 28k energy customers in the state were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were expected to linger along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the coast.

Tuesday was forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk expected across multiple regions of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities warned that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

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