7 June 2012 -by GLR 
Tornadoes tear through northern Perth suburbs, Western Australia.
ABC Updated June 7, 2012
A number of Tornados have swept through northern Perth, damaging homes and businesses and terrifying residents.
Roofs were ripped off, windows shattered, trees uprooted and power lines brought down as the tornados tore through
the northern Perth suburbs of Morley and Dianella.
The town of York, east of the state's capital, was also struck in the storm whose damage bill could run into the millions.
The Fire and Emergency Services Authority has received more than 60 calls for assistance.
Western Power says hundreds of Perth residents are without electricity but should be reconnected overnight.
Morley video store manager Michael Williams says it was an extraordinary experience.
"It was really windy. I looked out the windows and there was just stuff flying in the sky," he said.
"Then we were just standing at the window having a look and the roof just started going boom, boom, boom with the
wind, so we just ran to the back of the store and as we were running the windows just smashed in."
Electrician James Stevenson was in the Galleria Shopping Centre car park in Morley when the storm hit.
"It went across the top of the shopping centre, ripping all the shade sails off, smashing them on to cars and there
was power lines down in the street with wires across the road," he said.
Another witness, Shelby Ginger, had just arrived to pick her children up from school.
"So we got out of the car to walk towards the school and all of a sudden it just bared down and started," she said.
"Everything was flying towards us so we jumped under a tree and saw it go down the road ripping trees up - just scary."
Meanwhile, powerful gusts of wind and rain lashed the town of York from about 12:30pm (AWST) on Thursday.
York emergency services are still cleaning debris off the streets but there were no reports of injuries or damage
to homes.
Neil Bennett from the Bureau of Meteorology says the tornado struck without warning.
"The unfortunate nature of these things; they live fast and die young," he said.
"We don't really have the ability to predict exactly where they're going to occur.
"We can predict an area where we think they may occur but the actual pinpointing of them is next to impossible.
"They're probably on the ground for no more than 10 minutes."
A dangerous weather warning remains in place for areas between Jurien Bay, Beacon, Corrigin and Bunbury.
Taken from Bassendean
Taken at Dianella
