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There is chaos on Perth’s roads on Thursday evening, as three crashes and flooding cause major headaches for commuters heading home at peak hour.

PerthCommentsPerth freeway FLOODS after day of wild weather

There is chaos on Perth’s roads on Thursday evening, as three crashes and flooding cause major headaches for commuters heading home at peak hour.

Katherine Kraayvanger

Four Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure centres across Perth will open an hour earlier from July.

TransportCommentsWait times slashed as licencing centres open hour earlier

Four Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure centres across Perth will open an hour earlier from July.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

House Fire at Pelham Gardens Canningvale

Disaster and EmergencyFamily unharmed after horror blaze destroys Perth home

A southern suburbs home has been fully destroyed after a blaze ripped through the property in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Claire Sadler

A Perth mother says she and her young son were lucky to escape injury after a water-filled balloon thrown from a Leederville overpass smashed through her windscreen.

PerthCommentsWater balloon raid shatters windscreen on busy Perth street

A Perth mother says she and her young son were lucky to escape injury after a water balloon allegedly thrown from a Leederville overpass smashed her windscreen, in an incident police say damaged three vehicles.

Sophie Gannon

Temperatures in Perth will struggle to climb to 17C as rain continues to drench the city. 

SEE THE FORECASTVideoWest Aussies bracing for ‘unseasonable’ rainfall

Residents in Perth are set to see another round of wet weather, with rain hitting much of the city on Thursday morning.

Zosia Melanczuk

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas backed the practice, and called the council’s decision “common sense”.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumZempilas backs Perth council’s Welcome to Country policy

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas has described a Canning council decision to limit the number of Acknowledgement to Countries to one per event as ‘common sense’.

Oliver Lane

The crash at the intersection of Albany Highway and Nicholson Road in Beckenham.

TrafficCommentsCrash on major Perth highway causes huge headaches

Motorists are being urged to avoid a busy intersection in Perth’s south-east after a crash blocked multiple lanes and sparked heavy traffic delays.

Troy de Ruyter

Another crash on Tonkin Highway northbound has closed a lane after Leach Highway in Cloverdale.

TrafficCommentsTeenage girl taken to hospital after incident on Perth road

A pedestrian incident closed a lane in Perth’s south, with emergency services on the scene as commuters begin to head home for the afternoon. 

Katherine Kraayvanger

Hundreds of mourners gathered at Optus Stadium to pay their final respects to Steven Mattaboni, the devoted father of two whose life was tragically cut short in a shark attack off Rottnest Island.

PerthCommentsPremiumHundreds farewell shark attack victim in emotional service

Hundreds of mourners gathered at Optus Stadium to pay their final respects to Steven Mattaboni, the devoted father of two whose life was tragically cut short in a shark attack off Rottnest Island.

Caitlin Vinci

Shoppers received a wild shock Monday afternoon when the ceiling inside a shoe shop in Perth’s south gave way and water from heaving rain began spewing onto the floor.

WeatherVideoCommentsWATCH: Heavy rain wreaks havoc at Rockingham shopping centre

Video has captured water pouring through the ceiling of a shoe store at Rockingham Centre after heavy rain overwhelmed the roof during Perth’s latest bout of wild weather. SEE THE FOOTAGE

Troy de Ruyter, Brooke Rolfe and Claire Sadler

Stormy weather in Cottesloe.

WeatherCommentsREVEALED: How much rain Perth copped overnight

West Aussies woke to more wild weather, with strong winds hitting much of the State this morning.

Claire Sadler

Shoppers received a wild shock Monday afternoon when the ceiling inside a shoe shop in Perth’s south gave way and water from heaving rain began spewing onto the floor.

SEE THE PICSCommentsShop roof collapses, floods after deluge hits Perth

Shoppers received a wild shock Monday afternoon when the ceiling inside a shoe shop in Perth’s south gave way and water from heaving rain began spewing onto the floor. 

Brooke Rolfe

A Transperth bus has crashed into a tree on Joondalup Drive, Wanneroo, Perth.

Disaster and Emergency PremiumHospital gives update on Perth road trauma victims

There has been an update on the conditions of two people critically injured in a horror day of emergencies on Perth roads.

Brooke Rolfe

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of Perth and southern WA, as the threat of flash flooding looms thanks to two cold fronts moving across the state. 

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WILD WEATHERVideoComments
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Storm warning for Perth, Great Southern downgraded

A storm advice warning has been downgraded for parts of Perth and southern WA, as two cold fronts moving across the State threaten to cause flash flooding.

Katherine Kraayvanger

Perth residents are being warned to brace for thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain as a pair of cold fronts sweep across WA.

WeatherVideoCommentsThunderstorms, lightning, heavy rain to pound Perth

Perth residents are being warned to brace for thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rain as a pair of cold fronts sweep across WA.

Troy de Ruyter

Residents in Perth’s south had a rude awakening on Sunday morning as a powerful ‘explosion’ rocked their windows and homes.

SEE THE VIDEOVideoCommentsPowerful blast shakes homes in Perth’s south

Residents in Perth’s south had a rude awakening on Sunday morning as a powerful ‘explosion’ rocked their windows and homes.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

The fog blanketed the CBD on Sunday morning.

TrafficCommentsUrgent warnings for Perth as smoke and fog blanket city

The misty conditions have prompted Main Roads to issue an urgent warning to motorists braving the roads. 

Kirsty Lichtenstein and Tegwen Bescoby

The car smashed into the Leederville bottle shop on Saturday morning.

CrashMother and child in hospital after shock bottle shop crash

A woman and a child have been taken to Joondalup Health Campus following a dramatic crash into a bottle shop in Perth’s inner suburbs.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

A woman has escaped serious injury after a car rollover in Perth’s northern suburbs on Thursday.

CrashPremiumWoman escapes unharmed after shocking car rollover

A woman has escaped serious injury after a car rollover in Perth’s northern suburbs on Thursday.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Matt Corby posted a series of photos of the stage set up in Auckland which was the same setup as the show in Perth.

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Aussie icon delivers mind-blowing vocals at Perth theatre

A packed Riverside Theatre was transfixed from the opening song, as one of Australia’s most acclaimed vocalists delivered a goosebump-inducing performance.

Amy Cavender

Perth residents have been blessed with two days of sunshine ahead of next week’s significant cold front.

WeatherCommentsExpert reveals when Perth can expect next storm

Perth residents are urged to make the most of the sunny weekend weather ahead of another significant cold front. 

Tegwen Bescoby

Saturday lotto

LottoCommentsPerth grandfather’s ‘phone glitch’ actually $2m Lotto win

It took two weeks for one Perth grandfather to believe he was WA’s newest millionaire, with the punter believing the win was just a phone glitch. 

Tegwen Bescoby

Emergency services at the scene of a car rollover in Malaga on Thursday night. 7NEWS

PoliceCommentsPremiumDuo lucky to walk away unscathed after horrific Perth crash

A father and son have miraculously survived after their car collided with another and became airborne before landing on its roof. 

Brooke Rolfe

Several people have been injured in a Wanneroo bus crash.

PerthVideoTragic update after bus slams into tree in Perth’s north

The Transperth bus had veered onto the wrong side of the road before crashing into a large tree on Thursday morning.

Brooke Rolfe