WA's South-West again in storm path Ellamere Retreat in Maddington, where many homes were damaged by storms on Sunday. WESTERN Australia's South-West is battening down for a third straight night of strong winds as another cold front hits. A severe weather warning was issued late this afternoon, warning of more bad weather south of a line from Margaret River to Israelite Bay, including Bridgetown, Katanning, Albany and Esperance. The Bureau of Meteorology is expecting a cold front near the southwest Capes about midnight, which will move rapidly across southern parts of the South West Land Division overnight to lie near Esperance by sunrise. The weather system is likely to cause widespread damaging winds to 100km/h that could result in damage to homes and property, while higher than normal tides may cause flooding to low-lying areas. Thousands of homes without power after 146km/h winds Damaging winds are likely to develop southwest of a line Margaret River to Katanning to Bremer Bay after 10pm this evening and extend to remaining areas overnight. Conditions will ease west of Albany by sunrise and ease over remaining areas by late Wednesday morning. PICTURES: Perth cleans up after storm damage Ellamere Retreat in Maddington, where many homes were damaged by storms overnight. High wind gusts have continued to pummel the South-West in the last 24 hours - Cape Naturaliste felt a 111km/h gust, while Hopetoun recorded its all-time strongest gust, 96km/h. This afternoon, Western Power was making headway into restoring electricity to the thousands who lost power from recent storms. After as many as 14,000 homes were blacked out, at 3pm this afternoon only about 7000 were still without power, and Western Power expects services to be back to normal for almost all customers by this evening. Western Power emergency crews attended more than 450 hazardous incidents, such as fallen or sagging powerlines, and two helicopters were used to ensure no further hazards were present before the lines were re-energised. Record rainfall for Perth It's been Perth's wettest September in 40 years after another 2.6mm fell in the 24 hours to 9am this morning. Not since 1973, when the gauge held 146mm, has there been this much rain in Perth during September. More than twice as much rain has fallen this month than it did last year (63.4mm) and Perth is already well past the September average of 80.9mm. However, the all-time record for this month, the 199mm that fell in 1923, is unlikely to be challenged.