Almost 70,000 without power after storms tear through southern WA
Tens of thousands of homes are without power and the SES receives hundreds of calls for help, with the roof torn off one Perth apartment building, after WA's southern half is hammered by more severe weather.
Strong winds ripped the roof off a coastal apartment block in Bunbury, prompting a warning to nearby residents. (ABC News: Neve Brissenden)
Southern WA's strongest weather system in 49 years has brought more severe weather, felling trees and power lines, with emergency crews dealing with hundreds of calls for help.
More than 160,000 Western Power customers have been hit by outages, with thousands still without power on Monday evening.
Authorities are continuing clean-up efforts as the weather system moves east.
The strongest weather system to hit Western Australia's south west in 49 years has left a trail of destruction in its wake, after cyclone-strength winds tore roofs from buildings, uprooted trees and increased costal erosion along beaches.
Emergency services received hundreds of calls for assistance from what Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson described as "one of the most powerful storm systems that we've experienced in a number of decades".
The Bureau of Meteorology said it was the most powerful system to hit the state's south-west in almost five decades, with Perth copping the brunt of the damage.
A tree fell on a house in the Perth suburb of Greenwood during last night's storm. (ABC News: Samantha Goerling)
An SES crew spent this morning working to remove a tree and fix the roof of a Greenwood house. (ABC News)
About 160,000 households lost power at least once during the wild weather, with thousands without electricity on Monday evening.
Two people have had a lucky escape after a tree fell onto their car on a major highway in WA's South West, as strong winds lashed the region.
Cyclone-strength winds were recorded in some areas, including a gust of 135 kilometres per hour at Cape Naturaliste.
An apartment block was severely damaged in South Bunbury, with roofing torn off the building and windows smashed.
A warning was issued for residents in nearby streets to stay inside as the storm passed overnight.
Another apartment building in the coastal Perth suburb of Cottesloe had part of its roof torn off, damaging nearby properties.
Parts of the apartment building's roof were left strewn around the property. (ABC News: Jasmine Hughes)
Residents near the Hawkstone Street apartments were also told to stay indoors, with authorities warning of the risk of roofing materials and debris from the site becoming airborne in strong winds.
This car had been crushed by a tree in the northern Perth suburb of Greenwood. (ABC News: Samantha Goerling)
The storm damaged homes and brought down fences, including at a property in Thornlie in Perth's sou
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