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Nearly 25,000 residences in south-east Queensland were left lacking electricity on the start of the week after severe thunderstorms impacted the area, bringing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Homeowners observed large ice chunks as large as 7cm in some areas. Meteorological experts verified that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

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

Victorian Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, nearly 1,000 residents in Victoria also experienced electricity disruptions after the capital city recorded its heaviest rainfall in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services responded to over five hundred calls for help across the region, mostly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee - experienced substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing - various assistance requests
• Wyndham region - 179 emergency requests

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

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were predicted to continue along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was predicted as the wettest day, with persistent severe weather risk expected across various areas of both areas.

Medical Alert

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after previous incidents where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.