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A car was towed out of water across Pugh Road, Narrikup on Saturday afternoon.

wet weatherWild weekend weather sees rainfall records broken

The Great Southern has had wet and wild weather to contend with, as back-to-back cold fronts saw several towns break daily rainfall records, and strong winds downed trees close to the coast. 

Jacki Elezovich

Locals in the Buner district are mourning lost loved ones and destroyed homes. (AP PHOTO)

Severe WeatherPakistan floods turn a wedding into 24 funerals

Noor Muhammad travelled home to Pakistan to get married, but instead he ended up attending 24 funerals.

Akhtar Soomro and Asif Shahzad

Beaches are closed ahead as Hurricane Erin is predicted to bring monster swells. (AP PHOTO)

Severe WeatherPremiumHurricane Erin forecast to churn up dangerous swells

Hurricane Erin is barrelling towards the US east coast, with its damaging tropical-force winds predicted to bring large swells and life-threatening rips.

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Rough seas have prompted some evacuation orders in parts of North Carolina, on the US East Coast. (AP PHOTO)

Severe WeatherPremiumHurricane Erin could bring dangerous seas to US east

Hurricane Erin has forced tourists to evacuate North Carolina's Outer Banks with forecasters predicting waves up to six metres and dangerous rips.

Scott Vincent and Sarah Morland

Erin has intensified into a major, dangerous hurricane, shipping up dangerous surf. (AP PHOTO)

Severe WeatherPremiumHurricane Erin to create dangerous surf along US coast

Erin has intensified to a Category 4 hurricane and will whip up dangerous surf along the US East Coast this week even though it isn't forecast to make landfall.

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Thunderstorm over Perth last night - name : Dylan Sanderson suburb: Mandurah : WA dylansanderson@hotmail.com Perth Lightning Photograph

Severe WeatherCommentsSevere weather warning as rainband, storms approach Perth

Emergency WA is urging people in the warning zone to act now and stay safe.

Taylor Renouf

Perth is set to cop another weekend of rains.

WeatherCommentsPerth could hit 30-year rainfall record in all-day drenching

Perth’s short dry spell will come to an end just in time for the weekend, with two cold fronts moving through WA. Here’s when and where the heaviest falls will hit.

Natalie Richards

One person has died at home, and at least 13 others were injured, including 11 firefighters. (AP PHOTO)

Severe WeatherPremiumFrance's largest wildfire in decades contained

France's largest wildfire in decades has been contained after burning more than 160 square kilometres.

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A severe weather warning has been issued for an extensive area along WA’s coast.

GRIM FORECASTCommentsSevere weather warning as strong thunderstorms approach WA

Emergency WA has urged people in the warning zone to act now.

Taylor Renouf

Perth was drenched with more than 26mm of rainfall and temperatures dipped to just 6.8C on Thursday morning. 

PerthCommentsBoM confirms how much rain drenched Perth during wild storm

Residents are being warned to stay away from trees, power lines, storm water drains and streams. 

The Bureau said a tornado was defined as a ‘violently rotating column of air that extends from a cloud to touch the ground’.

PerthCommentsMore tornadoes could hit WA after freak storm shocked locals

The Bureau said a tornado was defined as a ‘violently rotating column of air that extends from a cloud to touch the ground’.

Jessica Evensen

A tornado that ripped through Perth on Wednesday night left a path of destruction across the western suburbs.

SEE THE PICSCamera IconShocking photos show aftermath of freak tornado in Perth

Multiple multi-million properties were damaged in the storm.

Taylor Renouf

Typhoon Wipha has forced flight and ferry cancellations as it batters Hong Kong and southern China. (AP PHOTO)

Severe WeatherPremiumHong Kong battered as typhoon makes landfall in China

Typhoon Wipha has caused major flight disruptions in Hong Kong and parts of southern China, closing airports and forcing the suspension of high-speed trains.

Colleen Howe, Farah Master and Joyce Zhou

People inspect the damage after a levee collapsed following torrential rain in South Korea. (EPA PHOTO)

Severe WeatherPremiumTwo dead as South Korea is lashed by heavy rain

Torrential rain has delivered record falls and flooding in South Korea, leaving at least two people dead and forcing more than 1000 people from their homes.

Joyce Lee, Ju-min Park and Jack Kim

The strongest cold front of the year is set to smash WA on Monday, bringing vigorous and damaging wind gusts of up to 100km/h.

Severe WeatherCommentsStrongest cold front of year set to smash Perth

Emergency WA issued storm advice at 5.08am, telling people in the warning zone ‘you need to act now and stay safe’.

Taylor Renouf

West Aussies in certain regions of the State are being urged to prepare for flash flooding.

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Destructive rain and flash flooding to hit parts of Perth

Storm advice has been issued for parts of Perth as people are being urged to prepare for damaging winds, heavy rainfall and possible flash flooding.

Amy Cavender

Storm clouds approaching Perth (2014).

SEE THE FORECASTCommentsSevere thunderstorms set to smash Perth this weekend

The conditions could trigger power outages across the State and bring trees down.

Taylor Renouf

Boats are removed from the water to the beach before the arrival of Hurricane Erick in Acapulco. (AP PHOTO)

WeatherPremiumErick an 'extremely dangerous' category four hurricane

Hurricane Erick is packing 230km/h winds after strengthening into a powerful category four storm as it barrels towards the Mexican coast.

Luis Alberto Cruz and Fabiola Sanchez

Darcy Clode was putting up fencing when he was swept up by the “cockeyed bob”.

FARM TORNADOVideoPremiumFrankland River tornado sweeps up worker and wrecks vehicles

A Great Southern man who found himself swept up into the eye of a freak tornado and thrown 30m into a fence on a Frankland River farm on Tuesday said he is grateful he’s “still standing up”.

Melissa Sheil

Of the 86 incidents, 70 were in the Perth metropolitan region and 16 were in regional WA.

WA NewsCommentsDFES responds to 70 weather-related incidents in Perth

Water ingress, roof damage and flooding were just some of the issues reported.

Jessica Evensen

A weather warning has been issued for Greater Perth after a severe thunderstorm was detected near Mandurah.

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Weather warning for Perth as severe thunderstorm detected

The Bureau of Meteorology issued the warning at 11.10am on Tuesday.

Taylor Renouf

The thunderstorm was set to bring heavy rainfall, with the BoM stating there was a risk of flash flooding.

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WEATHER WARNING: Severe thunderstorm detected in Perth

The severe storm was detected near Joondalup and Wanneroo.

Taylor Renouf

The Bureau of Meteorology’s forecast shows a band of showers and thunderstorms heading ‘directly for Western Australia’.

SEE THE FORECASTCommentsSevere thunderstorm set to hit Perth, residents warned

West Aussies are being told to prepare for damage to trees, power outages and flash flooding.

Taylor Renouf

Authorities are warning residents to prepare for a major storm this WA Day weekend before it’s too late.

Severe weather CommentsWest Aussies warned of wild weather as major storm rolls in

Residents are being urged to prepare their homes to reduce the likelihood of storm related damage.

Oliver Lane