Wild weather continues to lash much of WA's south as emergency services issue flood warnings and shut roads.
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A map on the Bureau of Meteorology's radar system reveals a massive storm system stretching from Perth all the way south to Albany and east to Esperance and beyond.
Forecasters have issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Central Wheat Belt and parts of the Gascoyne and Goldfields and a severe weather warning through parts of the Great Southern, South and South East Coastal districts.
Facebook and twitter have lit up with photographs and videos of rivers in flood and towns preparing for bad weather.
One video shows dramatic pictures of Kalgoorlie's Hannan Street with flood waters washing over the iconic Paddy Hannan statue.
Another shows massive flooding across the CBH grain complex in borden.
Not good. #borden #rain #cbh pic.twitter.com/ESM2MJAs1U— Paul O'Meehan (@ButterfieldBeef) February 10, 2017
At 11.25am on Saturday the Department of Fire and Emergency Services issued a warning that the weather system could damage homes and make travel dangerous.
"This includes people in Kalgoorlie, Merredin, Moora, Eneabba, Laverton, Leinster, Leonora,Menzies, Morawa, Paynes Find, Southern Cross, Wongan Hills and surrounding areas," said the warning.
Those intending to travel are advised to go to the Main Roads website for a complete list of road closures and those which remain open but should only be used by 4-wheel-drives and trucks.
"While localised flood waters in the metropolitan area have receded, various road closure are in place from the Kimberley to the Wheatbelt through to the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance region," said Main Roads spokesman Dean Roberts.
While the south west is bearing the brunt of the wild weather the DFES also issued minor flooding warnings for parts of the Pilbara.
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