IN the face of a severe thunderstorm warning, the ACT is braced for heavy rainfall that may lead to localised flash flooding over the next several hours.
The Bureau of meteorology says: “A trough interacting with humid air will cause thunderstorm development throughout the day over a large part of the state.
“Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Bowral, Batemans Bay, Braidwood, Moruya Heads, Bathurst, Katoomba, Canberra, Goulburn, Yass, Condobolin, Young and West Wyalong.”
ACT State Emergency Service advises Canberra residents to move cars under cover and away from trees, secure or put away loose items around the house and yard, keep clear of creeks and storm drains, and never drive, ride or walk through floodwater.
For assistance in a storm or flood call the ACTSES on 132 500, in a life-threatening emergency call Triple Zero (000).
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![Teacher Vanessa Jones has been living in Higgins since 2001, and while she loves the area, she says she is “fed up” with the neglectful ACT government.
The Higgins shops have been completely abandoned, says Vanessa, preventing the opportunity for residents to have a community-centred space to socialise.
They only received bins nine months ago, she says, and requests for a water station and repairs to the bus station have gone unanswered.
“It’s very, very slow,” says Vanessa.
“I asked for the zebra crossing on Fullagar [Crescent] to be repainted, and we had to wait about six or nine months.
“That’s just such a long time… we pay a lot of rates.”
Vanessa says assistance from the government only seems to go to communities with time-rich and assertive communities, leaving places such as Higgins, where the majority of households have both adults working full-time and English may not be the first language of the family, at an automatic disadvantage.
“If you’ve got two people working, paying a mortgage, raising two or three kids, they don’t have the time,” says Vanessa.
Vanessa says the lack of attention quieter places such as Higgins is receiving is starting to look a lot like favouritism.
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