Perth and the South West has been hit by heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms as a cold front has swept through part of the state.

The Bureau of Meteorology released a severe weather warning for damaging winds and locally destructive winds along the west coast.

Duty forecaster from The Bureau of Meteorology, Luke Huntington, told Julie-Anne Sprague on 6PR Afternoons the winds will be making their way through metro area this afternoon.

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“Once that goes through, the damaging wind risks reduces but the winds will continue to be quite squally,

“So it’s still going to be quite wet and windy throughout a remainder of the afternoon.