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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in southeastern Queensland woke up lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the state, generating wind gusts reaching over 100 km/h.

Massive Hailstones and Broad Destruction

Locals witnessed substantial frozen pellets reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our power system!

Utility workers were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the damaged zones, with dozens of response units deployed to handle the widespread outages.

Victoria's Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in Victoria also experienced energy failures after the capital city experienced its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

Rescue organizations handled over five hundred calls for help across the region, mostly for building damage but also for fallen timber and flooding.

Most Impacted Regions

• The Werribee area - saw substantial weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing - numerous rescue reports
• Wyndham area - over 175 calls for assistance

At one point on Sunday, in excess of 28k power users in Victoria were lacking electricity.

Meteorological Predictions

Damp conditions were forecast to persist along significant areas of Queensland's east this next several days as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coast.

Tomorrow was predicted as the wettest day, with persistent thunderstorm potential anticipated across multiple regions of both regions.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities alerted that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the region.