WA's 'winter' storm in summer brings rain, strong winds but no major damage
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A storm in Western Australia's South West has brought with it two months worth of rain and wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres an hour.
Emergency crews received dozens of calls for help overnight, but most were for minor roof damage.
Western Power called in extra crews to deal with pockets of power outages across its network.
The deep slow-moving low pressure system is tracking eastwards near the south coast and is expected to start to ease this afternoon.
Cape Leeuwin recorded winds of 106kph about 6.00pm on Sunday, and in the metropolitan area gusts came close to 90kph.
Perth has well and truly exceeded its average December rainfall, recording 19 millimetres in Mount Lawley.
The city is set to reach its total annual forecast rainfall for the first time since 2011.
There were heavier falls further south with Jarradale recording 36mm and 26mm in Bridgetown.
The weather bureau's Ricus Lombard said it was a typical winter storm — in summer.
"It's not something that we would expect around this time in December," Mr Lombard said.
"You can still see fronts come up but nothing this strong.
"But we haven't seen any amazing rainfall, it's really just been the gusts along the coastal parts."
Rain forced play to be abandoned on day four of the third Ashes Test on Sunday, and although there is more rain expected today, most of it is expected to have passed by mid-morning.
The storm also forced the cancellation of a number of major events in Perth, including Carols by Candlelight and A Day on the Green.
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