A monster storm battering WA has plunged 30,000 homes into darkness.

There are currently 175 active power outages across WA, with Western Power’s website stating most outages will not be restored until tomorrow night between 6.30pm and 7pm.

Impacted towns and suburbs include Donnybrook, Balingup, Bunbury, Augusta, Yanchep, Langford, Ferndale, Hamilton Hill, Gosnells and Stoneville.

Emergency WA said trees and debris were to blame for damage to powerlines.

“Damaging and destructive winds associated with the storm have thrown debris, including tree branches, into the network, damaging equipment and bringing down powerlines,” Emergency WA stated in a watch and act update.

“Western Power’s network operations team is working to isolate damaged parts of the network and backfeed where possible to restore power where it is safe to do so.

“Western Power is working closely with DFES, and the priority is responding to reported hazards to ensure the safety of the community and crews.”

West Aussies woke to chaos on Sunday morning as a rare weather system seen only ever five years started making its way across the State.

However, a Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson has warned the worst of the wind is yet to come with damaging gusts set to escalate this evening.

Meteorologist Joey Rawson said while high tides were likely to ease, wind gusts would only worsen.

“These exceptionally windy conditions are unfortunately not going to go away, and they’re actually going to increase as we move towards the evening,” he said.

“Places along the west coast south of Lancelin and all the way around to Albany are going to get winds strengthening.

“We could possibly see wind gusts of around 120kph to 130kph as we progress into the evening.”

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services have told residents in Perth and towns across WA to prepare to take shelter.

A storm watch and act warning is in place for parts of Perth, Mandurah, the Midwest Gascoyne, Goldfields Midlands, South West and Great Southern.

Regional locations which may be affected include Albany, Bunbury, Esperance, Kalgoorlie, Katanning, Manjimup, Merredin, Moora, Narrogin, Norseman, Busselton, Margaret River, Mount Barker and Northam.

DFES has urged people in those regions to “act now and stay safe”.

“This is a prolonged severe weather event and conditions may change quickly,” the alert states.

“Rarely experienced winds may bring down trees, branches and powerlines.”