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Friday 25th of July 9.12a.m. Sunny and calm 1.8 / 3.7kph W, Hg 48%, 13.7C / 56.7F top of 17C / 63F. Becoming cloudy. Marine wind warning. Sheep Graziers alert 
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Residents say a freak tornado that ripped through Perth's coastal suburbs sounded "like a jet engine" as it felled trees and tore up the roofs of homes.
Multi-million-dollar properties were damaged and debris covered the roads in the affluent suburb of City Beach after the Wednesday-night storm the Bureau of Meteorology has now confirmed was a tornado.
The storm, which came with little warning, was detected intensifying around 5:20pm.
"[The storm] became significant as it immediately approached the coastline, so very limited scope for warning," meteorologist Jessica Lingard told ABC Radio Perth.
"[There's] a lot of damage that we've seen overnight and it does look like it was a tornado that caused the damage in City Beach."
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Strong winds are expected to stir up dust in Western Queensland this weekend. (ABC Western Queensland: Maddelin McCosker)
A cold front will sweep east across Queensland this weekend, bringing showers and isolated thunderstorms to southern and central parts of the state.
The unseasonal winter rain is expected to bring falls of 10 to 30 millimetres to the Gold and Sunshine coasts.
Rainfall totals of up to 20mm are expected in Brisbane on Saturday, but the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) predicts the rain in south-east will ease throughout Sunday.
Senior meteorologist Jonathan How said the fast-moving front would bring some showers to central Queensland from north of the Sunshine Coast up to Moranbah.
Moon is 0% New Moon
Residents say a freak tornado that ripped through Perth's coastal suburbs sounded "like a jet engine" as it felled trees and tore up the roofs of homes.
Multi-million-dollar properties were damaged and debris covered the roads in the affluent suburb of City Beach after the Wednesday-night storm the Bureau of Meteorology has now confirmed was a tornado.
The storm, which came with little warning, was detected intensifying around 5:20pm.
"[The storm] became significant as it immediately approached the coastline, so very limited scope for warning," meteorologist Jessica Lingard told ABC Radio Perth.
"[There's] a lot of damage that we've seen overnight and it does look like it was a tornado that caused the damage in City Beach."
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Channel Country braces for 90kph winds, rain forecast for Queensland's south-east
Strong winds are expected to stir up dust in Western Queensland this weekend. (ABC Western Queensland: Maddelin McCosker)
A cold front will sweep east across Queensland this weekend, bringing showers and isolated thunderstorms to southern and central parts of the state.
The unseasonal winter rain is expected to bring falls of 10 to 30 millimetres to the Gold and Sunshine coasts.
Rainfall totals of up to 20mm are expected in Brisbane on Saturday, but the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) predicts the rain in south-east will ease throughout Sunday.
Senior meteorologist Jonathan How said the fast-moving front would bring some showers to central Queensland from north of the Sunshine Coast up to Moranbah.
