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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland were left experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after powerful weather events passed over the region, producing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Residents observed large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7cm in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that different parts across the state had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

The recent thunderstorm has absolutely smashed our power system!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams deployed to address the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victoria's Weather Woes

Meanwhile, around one thousand energy customers in Victoria also encountered electricity disruptions after Melbourne saw its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services received over five hundred emergency reports across the region, mostly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• Werribee - recorded considerable weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various emergency calls
• Wyndham region - over 175 emergency requests

At the height on Sunday, more than 28,000 power users in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were predicted to continue along much of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to pull in damp air against the coastal areas.

Tuesday was expected to become the most rainy day, with ongoing storm activity anticipated across various areas of both regions.

Safety Concern

Public health experts cautioned that there was an higher risk of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, specifically given the ongoing climate situation.

This alert comes after past events where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the region.