"Fortunately, although a large number of people needed assistance, we didn't see too many reports of severe damage. "We had a storm about two-and-a-half weeks ago, and it destroyed them," said Joe Castro, who grows carrots, potatoes and onions at his farm in Myalup. While strong wind gusts may still be felt in the Perth metropolitan area, they are no longer expected to be considered severe (above 90km/h). "A lot of our rural roads … have large trees over them, large volumes of sand out on some of those bituminised rural streets are going to require clearing. The official Australian cyclone season ended on April 30 and the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said while some cyclones were known to form in early May, it was rare to see one so late in the month.BOM WA regional manager of severe weather Bradley Santos said the only comparable event was back in 2012, when a tropical system interacted with a cold front to produce severe weather over large parts of WA.He said this storm was unusual because of its severity and the size of the area impacted. Abnormally high river conditions are expected in Perth this morning, during high tide, with some flooding likely. This concludes our live coverage of the storm for today. There'll be significantly less beach today than there was before the storm," Mr Tarr said. "We had 106kph wind gusts at the end of the jetty at 2:00am [on Monday], but at this stage everything looks fine," she said.The storm has come as a costly blow for South West fruit and vegetable growers.Some had only just replanted their crops after a storm tore through the region last month.

"There's been a lot of beach erosion. "The strong winds have also forced the closure of the city's prime tourist attraction, the Busselton Jetty.Busselton Jetty chief executive Lisa Shreeve said a safety inspection would take place. "Pretty much the whole metro area and in fact most of the state … [it's been] pretty widespread," he said. "Many locations recorded wind gusts over 90kph, some over 100kph, and Cape Leeuwin recorded a gust of 132kph," he said. "In the south, they had some pretty reasonable falls of 51–52mm around the South West capes, [and] wind gusts, the strongest one we've seen was 132kph at Cape Leeuwin," he said. "Margaret River [has had] around 50mm and 60mm up in Exmouth," Mr Bennett said.But he said Pilbara coastal areas had received the heaviest falls because it was still dealing with "all the tropical air up there".The storm has caused significant erosion at Port Beach, near Fremantle.A section of the car park has fallen into the ocean, and a large area around it has been fenced off.The State Government recently contributed $200,000 to build a rock wall to try to shore up the long-degraded coastline.But that part of the beach where there is no rock wall has suffered badly from the storm surge and large swells.The dunes at Cottesloe Beach have also been eroded by the storm, as waves wash away the sand.Big storm swells crashed into the groyne on Monday morning and into the iconic sea pylon in the water off the beach, completely submerging it at times.The storm surge and high tides pushed the ocean right up the beach to the bottom of the dunes, leaving them being eroded hour by hour by the swirling mass of water.Earlier, a group of elderly swimmers braved the water and ferocious wind for their traditional morning plunge. "We continue to monitor things like asbestos around town, a lot of fences are down. "[But] overall, compared to larger scale emergency events … the city came out relatively good. "BOM forecaster Noel Pusey said the central Pilbara coast had received 30–40 millimetres of rain, while Learmonth had 59.6mm. SA frocks up for awards seasonPictures of police search after woman killed in CBD home "We were fighting not just large dust storms, not just large wind events, we were dealing with coastal inundation, tidal surges, we had multiple bushfires on the go at the same time, it was quite a hairy day with a whole range of city services under threat. "The Canal Rocks walk bridge, in WA's South West, was badly damaged by heavy swells and high tides. 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"Perth itself, the heaviest falls have been up in the Hills — we've had falls of 30mm up through Bickley and Perth itself close to 20mm so far," Mr Bennett said.The Wheatbelt had seen falls of about 10–15mm, with coastal areas receiving about 20–30mm.
"It's certainly not typical weather for this time of year. Geraldton Mayor Shane Van Styn said the storm had a significant impact on the Mid West city. A massive storm continues to wreak havoc on southern coastal parts of Western Australia, including Perth, with thousands of homes without power, trees down and reports of widespread property damage.