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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast found themselves experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems swept through the state, generating powerful gusts reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Broad Destruction

Homeowners observed large ice chunks reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that different parts across Queensland had been impacted by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams deployed to manage the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, approximately 1,000 residents in Victoria also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city experienced its wettest day in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams handled nearly 600 calls for help across the state, mostly for structural issues but also for downed trees and flooding.

Most Affected Areas

• Werribee - saw considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham - over 175 emergency requests

At one point on yesterday, in excess of 28,000 power users in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of the state's eastern regions this week as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with persistent thunderstorm potential predicted across different parts of both regions.

Health Warning

Health officials cautioned that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.