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Nearly 25,000 households in southeastern Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after intense storm systems passed over the region, generating strong winds reaching 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Impact

Locals reported substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in certain regions. Meteorological experts verified that various areas across Queensland had been hit with significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Response teams were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams working to handle the extensive power failures.

Victorian Storm Challenges

At the same time, nearly one thousand households in the southern state also faced power outages after Melbourne saw its most precipitation in 18 months.

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

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - recorded substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous assistance requests
• Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance

At one point on yesterday, more than twenty-eight thousand power users in the state were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were predicted to continue along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.

Tuesday was expected to become the most rainy day, with continued storm activity predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Safety Concern

Public health experts warned that there was an increased chance of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This warning comes after previous incidents where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.