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Nearly twenty-five thousand residences in southeastern Queensland found themselves lacking electricity on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the area, producing wind gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Widespread Damage

Homeowners observed giant hailstones reaching sizes of seven centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that various areas across the state had been affected by significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our power system!

Utility workers were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with dozens of response units deployed to manage the widespread outages.

Victorian Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly 1,000 energy customers in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne experienced its wettest day in a year and a half.

State Emergency Services handled nearly 600 emergency reports across the state, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and flooding.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee - recorded considerable storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous rescue reports
• Wyndham - 179 emergency requests

At one point on the previous day, in excess of twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were expected to linger along much of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the shoreline.

Tuesday was forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across multiple regions of both regions.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This caution comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the state.