Storm hits Geraldton

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There was a weather warning in place for Geraldton last night and this morning as a storm hit the Midwest and surrounding areas.

From 1.55 pm yesterday, September 7, the Bureau of Meteorology advised a passage of a strong cold front from Sunday evening was  expected to cause widespread damaging winds to 100 kilometres per hour that could result in damage to homes and property.

We had reports of some damage in local homes, power was out is some homes, traffic lights are out in the Geraldton CBD and some fences were blown down.