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‘Once-in-five-year storm’ wreaks havoc on Perth, 34,000 remain without power
At its peak, the storm wiped out power to 160,000 households.
- Heather McNeill
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‘Prepare for extended outages’: More than 30,000 homes without power as WA storm rages on
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has upgraded wild weather warnings across the state to watch-and-act levels due to damaging to destructive winds forecast this evening.
- Michael Philipps
‘Destructive winds, heavy rain, tornadoes’: Monster storm bearing down on WA
Warnings have been issued for residents throughout the state as the weather amps up on Saturday evening.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Once in five-year’ storm set to hit WA’s coast over long weekend
The Bureau of Meteorology is warning the “deep low” system will begin impacting west-facing towns as far north as Geraldton as of Saturday evening, before moving down the coast and smashing parts of Lancelin and heading towards the state’s south west.
- Hannah Murphy
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Exmouth cut off by land and air after Cyclone Narelle causes ‘extensive’ damage
Narelle made landfall on Friday as a category 3 system and continued to track south throughout Saturday, where brought destructive winds to inland communities despite losing strength.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Cyclone Narelle passes through Carnarvon as a category three storm
Cyclone Narelle has passed through Carnarvon as a category three storm, bringing winds in excess of 125 km/h.