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Severe weather warning issued for south-west WA as rain brings fire relief
Heavy rain has extinguished the fire threat in southern Western Australia, but a severe weather warning is creating other challenges for the state’s emergency services.
Key points:
- Strong winds and heavy rain have hit the southern coast of WA
- Rain helped to contain fires in the south-west on Saturday night
- The low pressure system also caused flooding in and around Carnarvon
Strong winds and rain battered the region south of Mandurah on Sunday as a low a moved down along coast, around 155 kilometres offshore.
As of 10:30am on Sunday, the Bureau of Meteorology listed the affected areas as Bunbury, Busselton, Collie, Manjimup, Margaret River, Augusta, Dunsborough, Harvey and Walpole.
An earlier alert for areas north of Mandurah, including the…
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