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Approximately twenty-five thousand residences in Queensland's southeast were left experiencing outages on Monday's dawn after intense storm systems swept through the state, bringing wind gusts reaching 109km/h.

Substantial Ice Stones and Broad Impact

Residents witnessed large ice chunks reaching sizes of seven centimeters in particular locations. Meteorological experts announced that multiple regions across Queensland had been affected by substantial ice precipitation.

Today's weather system has heavily impacted our power system!

Emergency crews were attempting to repair electricity service throughout the impacted areas, with nearly 70 crews deployed to address the widespread outages.

Victoria's Climate Difficulties

Simultaneously, nearly one thousand households in the southern state also encountered power outages after Melbourne recorded its heaviest rainfall in 18 months.

Emergency response teams handled 598 calls for help across the state, mostly for structural issues but also for fallen timber and water accumulation.

Most Impacted Regions

• Werribee - recorded substantial destruction
• Hoppers Crossing area - various assistance requests
• Wyndham area - over 175 emergency requests

During the peak on the previous day, over twenty-eight thousand power users in the state were without power.

Meteorological Predictions

Moist weather were predicted to continue along large portions of Queensland's east this week as a atmospheric system continued to attract humidity against the coastal areas.

The following day was forecast to be the most rainy day, with persistent severe weather risk predicted across various areas of both areas.

Safety Concern

Medical authorities warned that there was an increased chance of weather-related respiratory issues across the northern rural areas, especially given the current weather patterns.

This warning comes after historical occurrences where analogous circumstances led to substantial respiratory problems in the area.