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Around 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast woke up experiencing outages on Monday morning after powerful weather events swept through the region, bringing powerful gusts hitting over 100 km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Destruction

Locals reported substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that various areas across Queensland had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were working to restore electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews activated to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, approximately 1,000 households in the southern state also faced energy failures after Melbourne recorded its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

State Emergency Services responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the region, primarily for structural issues but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee region - saw significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham area - nearly 180 emergency requests

At the height on the previous day, in excess of twenty-eight thousand electricity consumers in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Weather Forecast

Damp conditions were expected to linger along large portions of eastern Queensland this week as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

The following day was predicted as the most rainy day, with ongoing severe weather risk anticipated across different parts of both areas.

Safety Concern

Health officials alerted that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the area.