WA storm LIVE: 50,000 brace for night without power, hundreds call for help

If your home has been badly damaged by a storm, call the SES on 132 500. In a life threatening situation call 000. To keep up-to-date visit www.emergency.wa.gov.au, call 13 DFES (13 3337), follow DFES on Twitter, Facebook, or listen to 6PR, ABC Local Radio, or news bulletins.

A severe weather warning is in place for parts of Midwest-Gascoyne, Goldfields-Midlands, Perth Metropolitan, Great Southern, South West, Lower South West, Pilbara
A tropical system will combine with a cold front to produce a vigorous trough extending the length of the west coast, according to the Bureau of Meteorology
Locally dangerous winds, averaging 80 to 90 kilometres per hour with peak gusts of around 130 kilometres per hour are possible near the low pressure systems during Sunday afternoon and overnight
Tides are likely to rise significantly above the normal high tide mark with damaging waves and dangerous flooding. Damaging surf conditions are likely which could cause significant beach erosion.