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Around twenty-five thousand homes in south-east Queensland woke up experiencing outages on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the area, generating strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Locals witnessed large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7cm in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that multiple regions across Queensland had been hit with substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Utility workers were attempting to repair power throughout the impacted areas, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the widespread outages.

Southern State's Storm Challenges

At the same time, nearly 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also encountered power outages after the metropolitan area experienced its most precipitation in 18 months.

Emergency response teams handled over five hundred requests for assistance across the area, mostly for building damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee - saw significant weather impact
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham area - over 175 emergency requests

At one point on Sunday, in excess of 28,000 energy customers in Victoria were experiencing outages.

Climate Outlook

Damp conditions were expected to linger along much of the state's eastern regions this week as a atmospheric system continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tuesday was forecast to be the heaviest precipitation period, with continued thunderstorm potential predicted across different parts of both states.

Health Warning

Public health experts warned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, particularly given the existing atmospheric conditions.

This alert comes after historical occurrences where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the region.