Hail hits Rockingham suburbs

Thursday, 31 October 2019 09:29

By Hannah Salt

Hail has lashed local suburbs as residents weathered a cold front on Wednesday night.

Residents in Baldivis, Safety Bay and Cooloongup, as well as parts of Perth have reported being hit, with photos and videos of the pea-sized balls of ice uploaded to social media.

The south-west region also received between 10mm and 25mm of rain overnight.

Cold Front hit #Perth overnight, spoiling #halloween2019 whilst dumping hail and spitting lightning. in October!!! pic.twitter.com/vkaXJZgHcW
— StormTrackers AU (@StormchasersAu) October 30, 2019

The wet weather is expected ease on Saturday.

Mandurah Forecast:

Today: 17C, showers and windy.

Tomorrow: 19C, showers and winds easing.

Saturday: 20C, shower or two.

Sunday: 21C, party cloudy.

Monday: 23C, mostly sunny.

Tuesday: 22C, party cloudy.

Wednesday: 23C, mostly sunny.

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