Nearly 25,000 households in Queensland's southeast woke up without power on Monday's dawn after severe thunderstorms swept through the area, generating wind gusts hitting 109 kilometers per hour.
Residents reported large ice chunks reaching sizes of 7 centimeters in particular locations. Weather authorities verified that different parts across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.
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Response teams were focused on reestablishing power throughout the affected regions, with dozens of response units working to handle the extensive power failures.
Meanwhile, around one thousand energy customers in the southern state also encountered power outages after Melbourne recorded its most precipitation in a year and a half.
Rescue organizations received 598 emergency reports across the state, mostly for property damage but also for downed trees and flooding.
At one point on the previous day, in excess of 28k electricity consumers in Victoria were without power.
Moist weather were forecast to persist along large portions of eastern Queensland this next several days as a low-pressure trough continued to draw in moisture against the coast.
The following day was forecast to be the most rainy day, with continued storm activity predicted across various areas of both states.
Health officials alerted that there was an higher risk of thunderstorm-induced asthma across the countryside regions, especially given the ongoing climate situation.
This alert comes after past events where comparable situations led to major medical consequences in the region.
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