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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast found themselves lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms passed over the region, producing strong winds topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Large Frozen Precipitation and Broad Impact

Locals observed giant hailstones reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology announced that multiple regions across the state had been impacted by significant hail.

This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our power system!

Response teams were working to restore electricity service throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams working to address the widespread outages.

Southern State's Climate Difficulties

Meanwhile, around 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also encountered energy failures after Melbourne experienced its wettest day in a year and a half.

Rescue organizations responded to over five hundred calls for help across the state, mostly for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee - saw substantial storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various rescue reports
• Wyndham region - nearly 180 emergency requests

During the peak on yesterday, over 28k energy customers in the state were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were predicted to continue along large portions of Queensland's east this coming days as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the wettest day, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across different parts of both regions.

Health Warning

Medical authorities cautioned that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the countryside regions, especially given the current weather patterns.

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