STAFF REPORTER

The State Emergency Service has responded to 80 calls for help after wild winds and driving rain hit Perth and Mandurah this morning.

Damage was reported from Swan in the north to Armadale in the east and Mandurah in the south.

A severe thunderstorm warning for this afternoon and evening was cancelled at 3.50pm.

Most of the 80 calls to the SES have come from Mandurah which received 57.6 millimetres, and Rockingham.

The rainfall was unusually heavy and there has been frequent lightning and thunder.

In the Perth Hills, Stoneville shopping centre reported flooding.

The Police and Citizens’ Youth Club in Rockingham sustained roof damage.

About 70 SES volunteers made temporary repairs to homes, and sandbagged areas in danger of flooding.

Roe Highway was flooded in both directions at Berkshire Road in Forrestfield.

The westbound lanes of Great Eastern Highway were also flooded between Grancey Avenue and Mann Street in Mundaring.

Widespread power outages were also reported.

Morning commuters faced lengthy delays on the Mandurah and Joondalup lines due to what Transperth has dubbed a “technical issue”.