Perth shock: Severe storm causes floods, mudslides in Australia

A severe storm has battered western Australia causing widespread flooding and mudslides. It's also left tens of thousands of people without power in one of the world's most isolated cities, Perth. Homes and cars have been damaged by hail stones the size of golf balls and a number of schools have closed. Winds reached more than 120 kilometres per hour, while almost a month's worth of rain fell in just a few hours. Insurance claims 'catastrophic' damage with of over $100 million.

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• Perth storm
• cyclone Ului
• Australia storm
• natural disaster
• RT

[EMVEnergyDrinks]

WOW, we actually made international news! Now more people will know there's more to Australia than Sydney!

[superfuzz]

it was awesome. we haven't had rain in 3 months and then we got this!!

[Gantzer1]

@superfuzz then it was the worst year on record for rainfall.

[xReventonx]

@aaalexishhh the news readers are American by accent, I'm sure their Russian and have learnt their English in the US.

[aaalexishhh]

I'm confused if it's Russia Today then why are the newsreader's American?

I'm probably an idiot for asking this haha.

[nadoeloiskat]

@EMVEnergyDrinks I heard you eat kengurues down there also.

[TheSimmastar]

Yeah EMVEnergyDrinks, but we are "one of the worlds most isolated cities"!!!! Now I feel really small! LOL, I had to laugh, we have the best fkn beaches in the world tho, and our summers are AWESOME,

Good on America! Head up their arses AGAIN!

[SilverSponge32]

I remember that storm. FREAKY STORM.

[ronnoc841]

@EMVEnergyDrinks I AGREE ALL of Australia is good

[JBofBrisbane]

@IIDrAGoNx - I thought "World's most isolated city" was embossed on Perth's official seal.

[IIDrAGoNx]

0:08, we arent one of the worlds most isolated cities wtf?

[xXCandy333Xx]

@B0N0FAN

I feel sorry for the cars that got dented in the process =(