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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast found themselves experiencing outages on Monday morning after severe thunderstorms swept through the area, bringing wind gusts topping over 100 km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Impact

Locals witnessed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that various areas across the state had been affected by significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!

Emergency crews were working to restore electricity service throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams working to address the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

At the same time, approximately 1,000 households in the southern state also experienced energy failures after the capital city experienced its wettest day in 18 months.

Rescue organizations responded to 598 requests for assistance across the area, mainly for structural issues but also for collapsed vegetation and inundation.

Hardest Hit Areas

• The Werribee area - saw substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing area - multiple assistance requests
• Wyndham - over 175 calls for assistance

At the height on Sunday, over 28k power users in the state were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were forecast to persist along significant areas of the state's eastern regions this coming days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coast.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the wettest day, with persistent thunderstorm potential predicted across multiple regions of both states.

Medical Alert

Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, especially given the current weather patterns.

This caution comes after historical occurrences where similar conditions led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.