About 26,000 households were without power in south-east Queensland on Monday morning after a severe thunderstorm passed over the state, with wind gusts topping 109km/h. Residents reported giant hailstones of up to 7cm in some areas.
More than 1,300 energy customers in Victoria also woke without power, after Melbourne recorded its wettest day in a year and a half. Many of those outages were resolved by early Monday afternoon.
