Tens of thousands of homes were left without power after a series of powerful storms battered southern Western Australia over the weekend, downing trees and power lines and prompting hundreds of emergency calls, local media reported today, Anadolu reports.

About 70,000 electricity customers were affected by outages while storm warnings remained in place for large parts of the state, according to the Australian Weather Corporation. Broadcasts.

Heavy rain and strong winds on Saturday evening were followed by a second major storm on Sunday evening, disrupting plans over the Western Australia Day long weekend and forcing several flights to be diverted to Perth Airport.

Some areas, including Cape Naturaliste, recorded winds of up to 135 kilometers per hour, reaching cyclone strength. Several properties were damaged after the roof of an apartment building in the Perth seaside suburb of Cottesloe was ripped off, according to the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES).

DFES announced that although the storms had eased dangerous conditions remained as they warned residents to avoid damaged buildings, downed trees and power lines. downed.

Rain in Perth eased overnight, but authorities closed the west side of Riverside Drive in the city center due to flooding.

Western Power said it was working to restore power to about 69,000 affected customers across the state, including more than 250 storm-related outages in the Southwest region.

The company described the operation as recovery as a “big task”.

Source: prizrenpost