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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast found themselves lacking electricity on the start of the week after powerful weather events impacted the area, bringing powerful gusts hitting 109km/h.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Damage

Residents witnessed giant hailstones as large as 7 centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that different parts across Queensland had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

This afternoon's storm has heavily impacted our network!

Response teams were attempting to repair power throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units working to handle the extensive power failures.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in Victoria also encountered energy failures after the capital city experienced its wettest day in over 500 days.

Emergency response teams received over five hundred emergency reports across the state, mostly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - recorded considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 help reports

During the peak on yesterday, over twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were forecast to persist along significant areas of eastern Queensland this week as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tuesday was forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent thunderstorm potential anticipated across various areas of both regions.

Medical Alert

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, especially given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.