Storm wreaks havoc for Perth commuters with debris covering roads and train tracks
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Perth is waking up to a commuter headache after stormy weather overnight uprooted trees, caused flash flooding and cut power to thousands of households, mainly in the southern suburbs.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services attended almost 180 calls for help since midday on Monday, with more damaging winds and localised flooding expected to continue on Tuesday morning.
Winds brought trees down in Wundowie.
Credit:WA Police
Most of the calls were made from the southern suburbs including Rockingham, Mandurah, Byford, Success, Spearwood and Gosnells but also parts of the South West. Most requests were to assist with flooding, water and roof damage.
Perth weather warning remains in place as heavy rain, destructive winds hammer WA s south-west
Thousands of homes across Perth and Western Australia s south-west are without power this morning after heavy rain and damaging winds battered the region overnight. 27 July 2021
Thousands of homes across Western Australia s south-west are without power this morning after heavy rain and damaging winds battered the region overnight.
A severe weather warning remains in place for much of the area this morning, including Perth, with destructive winds and abnormally high tides forecast as part of an ongoing cold front that struck yesterday afternoon.
Bickley recorded the most rain in the metropolitan area, with 54 millimetres since 9:00am yesterday, while most other suburbs recorded between 20 and 30mm.
A storm front ringing Perth with thunder and lightning has brought a month s worth of rainfall to the city before the first day of March is even over.
Forecasters only expect things to get wetter, with more storms expected on Tuesday and Wednesday and as much as triple the monthly average likely to fall by the end of the week.
Pictures from the Nine News Sky Cam showed a large storm cell rolling in on Monday afternoon, including a dramatic lightning strike on the city s South 32 building.
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The worst of the weather has been north of the city, where the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm warning for damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall throughout the Central West and parts of the Gascoyne, Lower West and Central Wheat Belt districts.
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