Thousands of homes are still without power two days after one of the WA’s worst storms in years battered the State.
During the peak of the destructive winds more than 170,000 homes went dark.
On Tuesday morning, Western Power confirmed that 12,000 customers were still affected by outages.
“The storm damage was significant and widespread across the WA main electricity network,” Emergency WA’s updated storm advice said.
“Currently customers most heavily impacted are in the south metropolitan area, South West and Great Southern including Yallingup, Capel, Peppermint Grove Beach, Palmyra, Stratham, Kewdale, Quedjinup, Quindalup, Boyanup, Coolbellup and surrounds.
“There are 44 hazards remaining, down from 200 on Monday afternoon and 500 at the peak.”
The storm left a trail of destruction, with strong winds tearing roofs off homes and uprooting trees while heavy rain flooded roads.
WA recorded its strongest ever wind gusts for May at four locations, with Cape Naturalist registering 135km/h, Busselton Jetty recording 120km/h, Garden Island 106km/h and Dwellingup 98km/h.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services responded to more than 844 calls for help, while at the peak of the low pressure system at least 80,000 homes were left without power.
The number of people seeking assistance was more than eight times higher than expected for a storm at this time of year.
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