Nearly twenty-five thousand residences in south-east Queensland woke up without power on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems passed over the area, generating strong winds reaching over 100 km/h.
Locals witnessed large ice chunks as large as 7 centimeters in certain regions. The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that various areas across Queensland had been affected by significant hail.
This afternoon's storm has severely damaged our infrastructure!
Emergency crews were working to restore energy supply throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units working to handle the numerous electricity disruptions.
Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 energy customers in the southern state also faced electricity disruptions after the capital city recorded its most precipitation in a year and a half.
Emergency response teams responded to nearly 600 emergency reports across the region, primarily for property damage but also for fallen timber and inundation.
At one point on yesterday, over twenty-eight thousand energy customers in Victoria were without power.
Damp conditions were expected to linger along large portions of the state's eastern regions this week as a low-pressure trough continued to pull in damp air against the shoreline.
The following day was predicted as the heaviest precipitation period, with continued severe weather risk anticipated across different parts of both states.
Public health experts alerted that there was an greater possibility of epidemic thunderstorm asthma across the state's northern country region, especially given the existing atmospheric conditions.
This warning comes after past events where comparable situations led to substantial respiratory problems in the region.
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