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Power outages have affected some Canberra residents following a storm that particularly hit the Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Belconnen regions. A severe thunderstorm warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for Canberra and Queanbeyan no longer exists, but the Emergency Services ACT was still responding to storm damage Monday night. ESA said it had received 61 inquiries for help and responded to 28 just before noon. 18.00 Monday. Most related to felled trees, minor flooding in homes and leaky roofs. “Weather conditions are expected to subside into the evening, but ACT may experience prolonged rainfall over the next several hours,” ACT told ESA. IN OTHER NEWS: BOM forecast master Stephen Stefanac said a low-pressure trough over western NSW caused the storm cells. “It draws a moist and turbulent air mass in from the tropics. So imagine you have northeasterly winds, it pulls that moisture down from tropical areas into New South Wales and the ACT, and it’s very unstable,” he said. “Over the last few days, we’ve seen storms pass over parts of New South Wales and the ACT, and often they’re producing heavy rainfall locally.” Sometimes they have the potential to produce other things, other phenomena like damaging winds. “Mr Stefanac said there could be a heavy thunderstorm on Tuesday, but rain was expected to last from around Thursday for the rest of the week.” There is a possibility again, especially [Tuesday] afternoon [and] evening that we may have to send out another heavy thunderstorm that warns of storms and showers around the region again, “he said.” the region. There may be a prolonged shower or two on Wednesday, but the potential for heavy rainfall is declining until Wednesday. “And so from Thursday onwards, we look pretty clarified as we head into the ACT region this weekend.” The ACT State Emergency Service advises people: Our journalists work hard to deliver local, up-to-date news to the community. Here’s how you can continue to access our trusted content:
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Power outages have affected some Canberra residents following a storm that particularly hit the Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Belconnen regions.
A severe thunderstorm warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for Canberra and Queanbeyan no longer exists, but the Emergency Services ACT was still responding to storm damage Monday night.
ESA said it had received 61 inquiries for help and responded to 28 just before noon. 18.00 Monday. Most related to felled trees, minor flooding in homes and leaky roofs.
“Weather conditions are expected to subside into the evening, but ACT may experience prolonged rainfall over the next several hours,” ACT told ESA.
BOM forecast master Stephen Stefanac said a low-pressure gutter over western NSW caused the storm cells.
“It draws a moist and turbulent air mass in from the tropics. So imagine you have northeasterly winds, it pulls that moisture down from tropical areas into New South Wales and the ACT, and it’s very unstable,” he said.
βOver the last few days, we have seen storms sweeping over parts of New South Wales and the ACT, and often they have produced locally heavy rainfall.
“Sometimes they have the potential to produce other things, other phenomena like harmful winds.”
Sir. Stefanac said there could possibly be a heavy thunderstorm Tuesday, but rain was expected to hold out from around Thursday the rest of the week.
“There is an opportunity again, especially [Tuesday] afternoon [and] evening that we may have to emit another powerful thunderstorm that warns of storms and showers in the region again, he said.
“It looks like from Wednesday onwards it will start to calm down for the ACT region. There may be a prolonged shower or two on Wednesday, but the potential for heavy rainfall is diminishing to Wednesday.
“And so from Thursday onwards, we look pretty clarified as we head into the ACT region this weekend.”
You know how sometimes after a shower or swim you need to get the water out of your ears.ππΏ
Well, after the rainstorm we just had, the sub-reflector is on # DSS43 had a bit of water in which we tipped out so we could be ready to communicate with Voyager-2.
π‘γ°γ°γ°γ°π° pic.twitter.com/eu96y4ZoBS– CanberraDSN (@CanberraDSN) January 31, 2022
The ACT State Emergency Service advises people to:
- Move your car under the roof and away from trees.
- Secure or put loose objects away in your house and your garden.
- Keep free of streams and storm drains.
- Never drive, drive or walk through floods.
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