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Nearly twenty-five thousand homes in Queensland's southeast found themselves lacking electricity on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the region, bringing strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.

Massive Frozen Precipitation and Broad Destruction

Residents witnessed large ice chunks as large as seven centimeters in some areas. Weather authorities confirmed that multiple regions across the state had been affected by significant hail.

Today's weather system has absolutely smashed our network!

Utility workers were attempting to repair energy supply throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews working to address the extensive power failures.

Southern State's Weather Woes

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand residents in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city saw its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

State Emergency Services responded to nearly 600 calls for help across the area, primarily for property damage but also for downed trees and water accumulation.

Hardest Hit Locations

• Werribee region - experienced substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing suburb - various assistance requests
• Wyndham - over 175 help reports

At the height on Sunday, in excess of 28,000 electricity consumers in the state were experiencing outages.

Meteorological Predictions

Humid circumstances were expected to linger along significant areas of Queensland's east this week as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the coastal areas.

The following day was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk predicted across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities warned that there was an greater possibility of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, specifically given the current weather patterns.

This alert comes after previous incidents where comparable situations led to significant health impacts in the state.