Sunday storm strikes Canberra with fallen trees and blackouts

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 01:01 · Archive

A fierce Sunday afternoon storm with wind gusts up to 72 km/h lashed Canberra, felling trees and leaving many households without power.

A fierce Sunday afternoon storm lashed Canberra with wind gusts up to 72 km/h, felling trees, snapping power lines and causing widespread blackouts across the territory.

ACT Emergency Services Agency confirmed that SES and Fire & Rescue services responded to 60 callouts on Sunday. The first of two storms hit Canberra at around 2:10 pm, bringing 10 mm of rain in just over two hours. Despite the rainfall, it was the raging winds that caused the most damage, with trees falling on a house in Giralang and another on a parked car in Griffith. Further tree-related incidents were reported in Red Hill, Wanniassa, Belconnen and Kambah.

Power outages were recorded in Turner, Hughes, Kambah, Evatt and Narrabundah, with some homes without electricity for up to three hours. A second storm brought a further 11.6 mm of rain just before 8 pm, easing around 10:30 pm. No injuries were reported as a result of the Sunday storm, though clean-up efforts remain underway.

How it is being reported

• Sunday storms leave fallen trees and power outages across the TerritoryHeavy rain and wind gusts up to 72 km/h kept the ACT’s Emergency Services busy on Sunday, as SES and Fire & Rescue were called out to 60 jobs across the territory. The first of two storms hit Canberra at around 2:10 pm, with 10 mm falling in just over two hours. Despite the rain, […]Region Canberra · 25 Oct, 23:56
• Sunday storm lashes Canberra, leaving trail of blackouts and fallen treesAs part of the damage, a tree came down on a parked car in Griffith.The Canberra Times · 25 Oct, 07:50

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