{"id":53099,"date":"2025-08-08T14:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/53099\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:37:06","slug":"wa-and-perth-weather-severe-warning-as-rainband-storms-approach-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/53099\/","title":{"rendered":"WA and Perth weather: Severe warning as rainband, storms approach Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A severe <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">weather<\/a> warning has been issued as a rainband with embedded thunderstorms approaches <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perthnow.com.au\/wa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Bureau of Meteorology issued the warning at 3.33pm on Friday, with the weather event set to drench areas between Jurien Bay and Mandurah on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cA rainband with embedded thunderstorms is expected to approach from the northwest and stall about the Lower West during Saturday afternoon,\u201d the warning stated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThe trough will clear to the north through the evening, and a weak cold front will follow in its wake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The heavy rainfall may lead to flash flooding, with six-hourly totals expected to reach between 25mm to 45mm. Isolated totals of 70mm are also possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Locations which may be affected include Perth, Gingin, Jurien Bay, Lancelin, Badgingarra, Rottnest Island, Yanchep, Armadale, Ellenbrook, Fremantle, Joondalup and Kalamunda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Rainfall is expected to ease on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Emergency WA is urging people in the warning zone to act now and stay safe by doing the following:<\/p>\n<p>Pack away, secure or tie down outdoor furniture, trampolines and other loose items around your home that could be picked up and thrown by strong winds.Prepare an emergency kit with a radio that runs off batteries, a torch, spare batteries and a first aid kit. For more information visit <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/emergency.wa.gov.au\/prepare\">emergency.wa.gov.au\/prepare<\/a>.Trim branches around your home to prevent them falling on your roof or car.Clear gutters and downpipes so they do not overflow after heavy rain.Boat owners should securely moor their boats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A severe weather warning has been issued as a rainband with embedded thunderstorms approaches WA. The Bureau of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,46,45,1192],"class_list":{"0":"post-53099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-perth","12":"tag-wa-news","13":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}