Nearly 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast were left without power on Monday morning after intense storm systems passed over the area, generating wind gusts topping 109km/h.
Homeowners reported large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.
This afternoon's storm has absolutely smashed our infrastructure!
Response teams were attempting to repair power throughout the damaged zones, with approximately seventy teams deployed to address the widespread outages.
Simultaneously, approximately 1,000 residents in Victoria also faced power outages after the capital city recorded its wettest day in a year and a half.
State Emergency Services handled nearly 600 emergency reports across the area, mainly for building damage but also for downed trees and inundation.
At the height on Sunday, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in the state were lacking electricity.
Damp conditions were forecast to persist along significant areas of eastern Queensland this coming days as a weather pattern continued to draw in moisture against the shoreline.
Tuesday was predicted as the most rainy day, with ongoing severe weather risk expected across various areas of both regions.
Health officials cautioned that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the northern rural areas, specifically given the current weather patterns.
This warning comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to major medical consequences in the region.
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