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INCREDIBLE photos of a severe electrical storm that hit Melbourne and Adelaide have emerged. The storm also impacted train services and flights.

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Brisbane woman tests negative to Ebola

10am

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9.30am

A photo of a New Zealand man holding a fridge on the roof of a moving car has emerged on Facebook.

The man is standing on the boot while wearing thongs and was posted on Facebook with the comment “West Auckland WOOP”.

Post by New Lynn.

In the comments section, Daniel Jackson of west Auckland wrote “hae this is me we didnt have a rope and needed that fridge but no dent incured and we got it home safly”.

One person commented “unbelievable only a westie. would share but the cops might get his car” as the number plate is shown in the image.

A person also commented that “it’s a great way to publicise you are bloody stupid”, while several people observe that at least the car is indicating as it turns a corner.

9.10am

South Africa captain and goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead late Sunday near Johannesburg, a police spokesman told AFP.

Lieutenant-General Solomon Makgale said Meyiwa was shot at a house in Vosloorus, a township about 20 kilometres south of the city, and declared dead on admission to hospital.

Meyiwa played for the Orlando Pirates club Saturday and has been in outstanding form for the national team in 2015 Africa Cup qualifiers.

South African goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead in Johannesburg. Photo by Carl Fourie/Gallo Images
South African goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead in Johannesburg. Photo by Carl Fourie/Gallo Images

9.05am

Australian health workers could soon be ­flying to West Africa under a government-­sanctioned program to help fight the Ebola virus on the proviso they spend 21 days in quarantine before returning home.

The Daily Telegraph has learned that the ­federal government is considering a plan to help send volunteer medical teams to the West African region — but only on condition that the workers are ­quarantined overseas for 21 days before returning to Australia.

Health workers from the Liberian Red Cross wear protective gear as they shovel sand which will be used to absorb fluids emitted from the bodies of Ebola victims in Monrovia. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO
Health workers from the Liberian Red Cross wear protective gear as they shovel sand which will be used to absorb fluids emitted from the bodies of Ebola victims in Monrovia. AFP PHOTO / ZOOM DOSSO

8.50am

Footage of missing 11-year-old Michelle Levy was captured of her walking through Bondi Junction 30 minutes after she disappeared on Saturday night.

The CCTV image of the North Bondi girl is being widely circulated on social media to help find the girl.

Missing: Michelle Levy
Missing: Michelle Levy

8.40am

Dozens of residents in a rural area of Hawaii are on alert as flowing lava from an erupting volcano advances, AP reports.

Authorities on Sunday said lava flow on the Big Island of Hawaii had advanced about 230 metres since Saturday morning.

The lava flow from Kilauea Volcano. AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey
The lava flow from Kilauea Volcano. AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey

The flow front had entered a cemetery and was about 800 metres from Pahoa Village Road, the town’s main street.

Residents in the flow path, in the mostly rural region of Puna, have been told to complete all necessary preparations by Tuesday for a possible evacuation.

The lava flow now threatening Pahoa, the largest town in Puna, began in June.

8.20am

Lightning is causing delays at Melbourne Airport and there is flooding in Spencer St.

8am

A nurse who has been quarantined in the US after returning from the Ebola-affected country Sierra Leone has described her treatment as a “frenzy of disorganisation” and “inhumane”.

“I am scared about how health care workers will be treated at airports when they declare that they have been fighting Ebola in West Africa,” Kaci Hickox has told the Dallas News.

“I sat alone in the isolation tent and thought of many colleagues who will return home to America and face the same ordeal. Will they be made to feel like criminals and prisoners?”

She told CNN that she felt her “basic human rights have been violated” and said that the process of isolation was “inhumane”.

Kaci Hickox said the process of keeping her isolated is “inhumane”. AP Photo/University of Texas at Arlington
Kaci Hickox said the process of keeping her isolated is “inhumane”. AP Photo/University of Texas at Arlington

7.30am

There are major delays on the Melbourne Metro Trains service with the City Loop closed to a number of services due to storm damage. To check for updates, click here.

RELATED: Herald Sun live public transport coverage

RELATED: Gallery of storm photos

RELATED: Huge storm hist Melbourne

7.20am

The mother of Oscar Pistorius’ girlfriend believes that her daughter was about to leave the disgraced athlete when he shot her dead in what a South African judge ruled to be culpable homicide.

“Her clothes were packed. There is no doubt in our minds: she had decided to leave Oscar that night,” she wrote in her new book, serialised in The Times, adding that her daughter had confided to her that she “had not slept” with the runner and was “scared to take the relationship to that level”.

Reeva Steenkamp was preparing to leave Oscar Pistorius claims her mother. AP Photo/Ice Model Management
Reeva Steenkamp was preparing to leave Oscar Pistorius claims her mother. AP Photo/Ice Model Management
Paralympian was sentenced to five years imprisonment for the culpable homicide killing of Steenkamp. AFP PHOTO/POOL / HERMAN VERWEY
Paralympian was sentenced to five years imprisonment for the culpable homicide killing of Steenkamp. AFP PHOTO/POOL / HERMAN VERWEY

7am

Pro-Western and nationalist parties in Ukraine have received overwhelming support in Ukraine’s snap parliamentary election.

Exit polls show the Ukrainian president’s Petro Poroshenko Bloc and the People’s Front group of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk won almost half the vote.

The Opposition Party linked to ousted Russian-backed president Viktor Yanukovych won nearly eight per cent.

6.45am

A Thai restaurant in western Sydney was destroyed by fire this morning.

Emergency services raced to Chilli Chilli Bang Bang at Queen St, Auburn about 4am after reports a fire had erupted in a two-storey building.

Firefighters in Auburn this morning. Picture: Bill Hearne
Firefighters in Auburn this morning. Picture: Bill Hearne

6.30am

BREAKING: An 18-year-old has tested negative for Ebola. She remains in quarantine in Brisbane. For more information, click here.

Meanwhile, an Australian man who recorded an elevated temperature has been told to stay at his home in Thailand until at least November 5 after returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where 49 people have died of Ebola.

The man who lives in Trat province, 312km southeast of Bangkok, returned on October 17 from working in the oil-drilling industry. Nearly 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola across west Africa and almost 5000 have died from the disease so far this year.

6.15am

Melbourne residents were treated to an impressive electrical storm this morning that started about 2am, with many capturing some incredible images.

The storm is also believed to have caused a fire in Prahran after a lightning strike hit one house.

Storms lash Melbourne in the early hours of Monday morning with heavy rains, lightning and wind. Images taken in Coburg. Picture: Jason Edwards
Storms lash Melbourne in the early hours of Monday morning with heavy rains, lightning and wind. Images taken in Coburg. Picture: Jason Edwards
What a show. Picture: Jason Edwards
What a show. Picture: Jason Edwards

The lightning seemed to turn night into day.

Adelaide residents also got a show.

6am

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