Clean-up begins after flash flooding in Western Australia

A powerful storm left hundreds of homes damaged and thousands without power in Western Australia’s Great Southern region.

WA’s south hit with flash flooding

Albany and Denmark were hit with as much as 100mm of rain on Sunday evening, which led to localised flooding that brought down trees and washed away cars.

A massive clean up effort is underway in Albany today, with 50 crews on the ground responding to over 160 calls for help.

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Fallen trees brought down powerlines, leaving more than 15,000 without power.

Local SES volunteers received almost 200 requests for assistance.

Albany airport received 54mm of rain while tourist hotspot Rottnest Island received wind gusts of up to 106 km/h.

More than 15,000 homes were left without power after storms brought power lines and towns were deluged by more than a month’s worth of rain in one night.

“While the severe weather warning may have been cancelled, there are many fallen trees, damaged buildings and debris in the area, and South Coast Highway is closed between Link Road Denmark-Mt Barker Road,” the Department of Fire and Emergency Services WA warned residents on Monday.

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Trees previously covered in asphalt were ripped out of carparks.

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Huge trees were cracked in two by wind gusts over 100 km/h.

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