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Changing the Global Landscape Photos Bohdan Warchomij February 13, 2017

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Chris Lockwood struggling with a raging river at Bells Rapids Photo Bohdan Warchomij

Summer in Perth ends on February 28th and this years unseasonal weather ended with unseasonal rainfall. Perth recorded a near record of 114 mm of rain on Friday. The average rainfall for February is 12.6mm.

Photo Bohdan Warchomij

Photo Bohdan Warchomij

Photo Bohdan Warchomij

Yagan’s Bridge Photo Bohdan Warchomij

Photo Bohdan Warchomij

Photo Bohdan Warchomij

Bells Rapids, one of the transit points for Perth’s Avon Descent which is held on Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th of August was swamped by spectators watching competitors practising in the turbulent rush of water from the Avon River. The banks of the river which are normally used as parking areas were under water as were areas off West Swan Road and vineyards in the Upper Swan.

The unseasonal rain was the result of a tropical low that lay inland over the western Pilbara, which continued moving south-west and then crossed back over the water near Carnarvon on Thursday and early Friday.

A rain band associated with this system lay over the south of the state, lingering for two days.

Photo Bohdan Warchomij

In Karratha, more than 209.4 mm had fallen to 6am on Wednesday, a record for the Pilbara town.

 It was Karratha’s wettest February day ever and its second wettest day of any month, just behind the 212.4mm that fell in January 2006.

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