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Around twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on the start of the week after intense storm systems passed over the area, bringing wind gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Hailstones and Broad Destruction

Homeowners reported giant hailstones as large as 7 centimeters in certain regions. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across the state had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Response teams were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units deployed to handle the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, nearly one thousand energy customers in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after the metropolitan area saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations received nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Hardest Hit Regions

• The Werribee area - experienced considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple emergency calls
• Wyndham - over 175 calls for assistance

At the height on yesterday, more than twenty-eight thousand energy customers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this week as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tomorrow was expected to become the most rainy day, with ongoing severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Health Warning

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to significant health impacts in the area.