Second cold front brings more wild weather to Perth
A second cold front has crossed the South West, bringing with it winds in excess of 100km/h.
119km/h winds were recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology at Cape Leewin and by 6pm wind gusts of 96km/h had been recorded at Rottnest.
A severe weather warning for destructive winds has been issued by the Bureau of Meteorology
It covers Perth, Mandurah, Narrogin, Katanning, Bunbury, Busselton, Margaret River, Bridgetown, Albany and Esperance.
Traffic is hindered on the Kwinana Freeway from a storm surge in the river. Picture: MRD cameras
Earlier today a mother of two told how she shielded her young son and daughter from debris when the roof of their Attadale unit tore away during last night's wild weather.
Payal Jain said her two and a half-year-old daughter had crawled underneath their couch and had escaped injury, while her son suffered minor cuts when a beam came crashing down.
She and her husband Sunil Kumar have rented the apartment for two years and do not have renters insurance.
She said a lot of the family's belongings had been destroyed and it was only for the generosity of her neighbours that her family were able to seek shelter this morning.
Insurance assessors were at the unit block this morning to determine the extent of the damage and when it might be safe to re enter.
No one was seriously injured in the incident.
The roof was torn from a block of flats in Attadale. Picture: Sharon Smith/The West Australian
State Emergency Services are making their way through close to 60 calls for help as rain and winds of more than 100km/h overnight has caused widespread damage in parts of Perth and the South West.
Around 10,000 people were without power earlier this morning. Western Power crews were working to restore damage and the number without power was down to around 2500 by bout 6.30am.
Sea containers blown over in the storm. Picture: Simon Hydzik / Seven News
Forrestfield was one of the hardest hit suburbs with a roof torn off one home and other damage.
Four of the units were left with no protection from the elements with their ceilings collapsing when the tin roof blew off.
More than 96 State Emergency Service volunteers from 16 units are working to help people hit by the weather.
Picture: Michael O'Brien/The West Australian
Damage was reported throughout the metropolitan area from Butler to Forrestfield to Mandurah, with 29 calls for help since yesterday evening.
Damage was also reported in Port Denison, Brunswick Junction and Yallingup.
Forrestfield was worst hit with 10 calls for help.
Most calls have involved minor damage to homes, fallen trees on homes, cars and fences.
This plane was flipped over in the storm. Picture: WA Police/Twitter
Southern suburbs including Como, Manning and Salter Point were without power earlier this morning.
Sea containers were blown over at Rous Head and ships reportedly broke their moorings at Fremantle Harbour.
There have been unconfirmed reports that several planes aborted landings at Perth Airport because of the strong winds.
Cars and houses damaged in Forrestfield. Picture: Rob Scott/7 News
The strongest wind gusts were 102km/h at Ocean reef, 98km/h at Rottnest and 96km/h at Jandakot.
A 13m boat was torn from its moorings and hit Canning Bridge during the storm.
Fremantle Sea Rescue was called in to get a tow line on the craft and pull it to safety.
A patio was extenively damaged in Forrestfield. Picture: Michael O'Brien/The West Australian
