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Approximately 25,000 residences in Queensland's southeast found themselves experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events impacted the state, bringing powerful gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Widespread Damage

Residents observed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7 centimeters in certain regions. Weather authorities verified that various areas across Queensland had been affected by large hailstones.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams activated to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, approximately 1,000 households in Victoria also experienced power outages after Melbourne recorded its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services handled nearly 600 requests for assistance across the state, mostly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Most Impacted Regions

• The Werribee area - saw substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - over 175 emergency requests

At one point on Sunday, in excess of 28,000 electricity consumers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along significant areas of eastern Queensland this coming days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the most rainy day, with ongoing severe weather risk anticipated across different parts of both states.

Medical Alert

Public health experts alerted that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, particularly given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the state.