[Thanks to ThatsNotMe for the pic of Ginninderra Creek bursting its banks]
20mm by 9.30am I hear. The ESA’s already busy with the worst of it still to come:
9:35am Saturday 4 September 2010 – 10 calls for assistance following wet weather ACT Fire Brigade and ACT State Emergency Service crews have received 10 calls for assistance since six o’clock this morning following wet weather.
Minor damage reported with mostly leaking roofs.
Areas affected include Gordon, Dunlop, Macgregor and Holt. One report earlier of a tree branch across the road at Bunda Street Civic.
Residents who require assistance can call the ACTSES on 132500.
If you’re warm and dry today make the most of it. (And if you’ve got good photos of the rain send them in to images@the-riotact.com )
UPDATE: More from the ESA:
10:50am Saturday 4 September 2010 – Update on wet weather ACT Fire Brigade and ACTSES crews have received a total of 18 calls for assistance since six o’clock this morning following wet weather.
Minor damage reported with water leaking from roofs and light fittings.
Areas affected include Deakin, Kambah and Macquarie.
And more:
2:00pm Saturday 4 September 2010 – Update three on wet weather ACT Fire Brigade and ACTSES have received in excess of 50 calls for assistance following wet weather since six o’clock this morning.
Minor damage reported.
Some branches and trees have come down in some areas and minor flooding at a causeway on McCulloch Street, Curtin.
Residents who require assistance can call the ACTSES on 132500.
Final Update: In the end the SES and fire brigade responded to 370 storm related calls over the weekend.
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