The state government is working hard to restore services, clean up and get things back to normal as quickly as possible after a violent storm lashed Perth as Premier Colin Barnett estimates the damage bill could exceed $100 million.
Hundreds of houses, cars and other property in the city were damaged in yesterday's storm, Mr Barnett told reporters at a closed and water-damaged high school in the North western suburb of Ocean Reef today.
"This was a serious event. It wasn't a great tragedy so lets keep it in proportion.
"Most of the damage is not total destruction of homes," Mr Barnett said.
He said a lot of training had been done to prepare for such just an event, "and it's been handled well".
Ocean Reef senior high school principal Greg Thorne said the school would remain closed until classrooms were declared safe for students.
Many carpets had been water damaged, suspended ceilings had fallen out and many computers had been lost to water damage, he said.
The flooded gymnasium floor may have to be replaced and the overall repair cost could be thousands of dollars, Mr Thorn said.
"We've got damage in every room in the school.
"At first we thought it was interesting that a bit of hail was coming through. Pretty soon we realised the enormity of the event."
A total of nine schools were closed in Perth today following the storm.
The wild weather caused widespread flash flooding, heavy hail stone falls, traffic chaos and at its peak cut power to more than 150,000 consumers.
