The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the ACT for damaging winds and heavy rainfall over the next several hours.

The Bureau of Meteorology have now issued a severe thunderstrorm warning for damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall for people in the western ACT region.

To 9am this morning 37.8mm has been recorded at the Canberra Airport, 32.2mm at Tuggeranong and 50mm in the wider region.

We hope that you’ve taken advantage of the recent spring weather to prepare your home for the current storm season.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has occurred this morning around 0915 hours north-east of Melbourne.

Tremors from the earthquake have been felt as far away as Canberra and Sydney.

In the early hours of Monday morning a B-Double Fuel Tanker carrying a combination of diesel and petroleum caught fire on the Monaro Highway, south of Williamsdale.

ACT Fire & Rescue, ACT Ambulance Service and ACT Policing are on scene at a truck fire on the Monaro Highway, south of Williamsdale.

No injuries have been reported.

ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS), ACT Fire & Rescue (ACTF&R) and ACT Policing crews are on scene at a two-car motor vehicle incident on Redfern Street, between Lachlan Street and Elizabeth Cre

ACT Ambulance Service have treated a number of patients on scene, transporting one male in a serious condition to hospital.

ACT Ambulance (ACTAS), ACT Fire & Rescue (ACTF&R) and ACT Policing are on scene at a motor vehicle incident on Barton Highway near Gungahlin Drive.