The ACT State Emergency Service has responded to about 150 calls for help since 4pm on Friday, following a thunderstorm and winds so fierce part of the roof was ripped off an aircraft hangar.
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Seven ACT crews, assisted by five from NSW, worked through the majority of the calls overnight.
The calls came mostly from the Tuggeranong region and generally involved fallen trees and branches, an Emergency Services Agency media release said on Saturday morning. ACT Fire and Rescue and Transport Canberra and City Services also helped to clear fallen trees and branches from roads.
At 1.40pm on Saturday there were seven outstanding jobs, which were mostly trees on roads or footpaths and roof tiles lifted by the wind, and were expected to be completed by 4pm on Saturday.
No further requests for assistance had been made after 9am on Saturday.
Friday afternoon's storm was so fierce, the wind ripped off part of the roof of a special purpose Royal Australian Air Force hangar at Fairbairn.
The storm also temporarily grounded aircraft used to monitor and fight a large bushfire at Pierces Creek.
Emergency Services Agency commissioner Dominic Lane said "erratic wind behaviour" had made it difficult for firefighters to predict the direction of the fire, which had grown to 175 hectares in size on Saturday morning.
Anyone needing storm and flood assistance should call the ACT State Emergency Service on 132 500.
