🔗 Share this article

Around twenty-five thousand households in Queensland's southeast found themselves lacking electricity on the start of the week after powerful weather events swept through the state, producing wind gusts topping 109 kilometers per hour.

Substantial Frozen Precipitation and Extensive Destruction

Homeowners witnessed substantial frozen pellets as large as 7cm in particular locations. The Bureau of Meteorology verified that various areas across Queensland had been impacted by significant hail.

The recent thunderstorm has heavily impacted our infrastructure!

Response teams were focused on reestablishing energy supply throughout the affected regions, with approximately seventy teams activated to manage the numerous electricity disruptions.

Victorian Storm Challenges

Simultaneously, around one thousand households in the southern state also encountered power outages after Melbourne experienced its wettest day in over 500 days.

State Emergency Services received over five hundred emergency reports across the state, primarily for building damage but also for downed trees and inundation.

Hardest Hit Regions

• Werribee region - saw significant storm damage
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - numerous emergency calls
• Wyndham - over 175 calls for assistance

At the height on the previous day, over 28k electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Weather Forecast

Moist weather were expected to linger along much of the state's eastern regions this week as a weather pattern continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

Tomorrow was forecast to be the most rainy day, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across different parts of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities warned that there was an higher risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, particularly given the ongoing climate situation.

This warning comes after past events where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the state.