The storms that hit Western Australia on Sunday night and Monday morning were pretty wild and have been claimed as the worst in a decade.
This article from News.com.au tells a little more of the story and the tens of millions of dollars it will take to repair the extensive damage.
WESTERN Australia is facing a massive clean-up, and a damage bill in the tens of millions of dollars, after a ferocious storm cut a swathe across the coastline and left a 600km trail of devastation.
The storm brought winds gusting at up to 142km/h and left corridors of destruction reminiscent of a tornado, ripping roofs off houses, felling hundreds of trees, cutting power to thousands of residences and forcing the closure of several schools.
Around $6 000 000 damage was done at Pauline’s old primary school in Bicton. It looked as if a bomb had hit. There is talk that the school may even need to be demolished rather than repaired.
The TV news coverage last night was amazing. Pictures of damage just went on and on.
Today is fairly calm but wild weather is set to return later this week. Thankfully there’s no suggestion that it will be as damaging as yesterday’s storm.
Posted by Rodney Olsen
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Living in Oklahoma for three years we saw a lot of this type of damage. You never get used to it; storms — especially tornados — can cause unbelieveable damage. It doesn’t sound like too many folks were hurt, thank God.
I can’t beleive how much damage was done in such a short period.
We’re just lucky no one was seriously hurt.
I saw Rottnest on the news in NZ, and I thought- hey I’ve heard that name before. glad to hear to you and your family are safe.