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Perth, South West told to prepare for extreme weather as tropical low inches south – WAtoday
A tropical low that has caused extensive flooding and wreaked havoc in Western Australia’s north is expected to bring heavy rain and destructive winds to Perth…
Images captured by stranded travellers show entire sections of road wiped out by fast running water, car roofs protruding from deep floodwater and helicopters deployed to rescue motorists.
Bureau of Meteorology state manager James Ashley said Carnarvon had registered 176 millimetres of rain to date, with other sites showing readings of more than 200 millimetres.
Mr Ashley said the heavy rainfall had prompted water levels at the Gascoyne River to surge to more than seven metres at Nine Mile Bridge,…
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