The wild weather brought trees down across the ACT. Photos: ACT SES.
It’s been a wild and windy Monday as westerlies that have brought havoc to south-eastern Australia over the past few days peaked across the ACT today.
The ACT State Emergency Service has been kept busy cleaning up as winds up to 60 km/h brought down trees and damaged property.
In the 72 hours between Friday morning and Monday afternoon, crews have responded to about 55 requests for assistance from across the Territory.
A spokesperson said trees and their limbs had fallen across roads and onto homes, damaging roofs and verandahs.
Parking under trees was perilous.
SES and ACT Fire & Rescue crews were busy responding to these incidents as quickly as possible, the spokesperson said.
ACT residents were also experiencing power outrages in Latham and Scullin on the north side and Waramanga and Wanniassa in the south, affecting a total of 139 households.
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a weather warning this morning for damaging winds as an embedded low moved out of Bass Strait and an associated cold front crossed southern to central parts of NSW during the day.
It said the risk of damaging winds was expected to be confined to higher elevations in the south by the evening and ease in the late evening to 25 to 35 km/h.
The cold front is expected to bring frosty mornings to Tuesday and Wednesday before temperatures warm up to 22 and 24 degrees on Thursday and Friday.
