🔗 Share this article Close to 25,000 Lost Electricity in South-East Queensland and Victoria Following Powerful Weather Systems Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland found themselves experiencing outages on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms impacted the area, bringing strong winds topping 109 kilometers per hour. Large Hailstones and Widespread Destruction Residents reported substantial frozen pellets as large as seven centimeters in particular locations. Meteorological experts confirmed that different parts across the state had been impacted by significant hail. Today's weather system has severely damaged our power system! Response teams were working to restore power throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units activated to handle the widespread outages. Southern State's Climate Difficulties Simultaneously, nearly 1,000 households in Victoria also encountered energy failures after the metropolitan area saw its heaviest rainfall in a year and a half. Emergency response teams received over five hundred calls for help across the area, primarily for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation. Most Impacted Regions The Werribee area - recorded considerable destruction Hoppers Crossing area - numerous assistance requests Wyndham - 179 calls for assistance During the peak on the previous day, in excess of twenty-eight thousand power users in Victoria were without power. Weather Forecast Humid circumstances were predicted to continue along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to attract humidity against the shoreline. Tomorrow was expected to become the most rainy day, with continued storm activity anticipated across different parts of both areas. Health Warning Medical authorities warned that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, specifically given the ongoing climate situation. This caution comes after past events where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.