Almost 100,000 homes remain without power in Perth after a major storm swept across the city yesterday causing widespread flooding and damage.
Western Power says 158 thousand properties were blacked out at the peak of the storm at seven pm (WST).
By early today workers had managed to restore power to some but 95,000 remained without power at 5.15am (WST).
The largest affected area is in Canning Vale where 17,000 homes are in darkness.
A Western Power spokeswoman says many properties could be without power for several days.
Premier Colin Barnett has predicted the damage bill from yesterday's ferocious storm could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.
Nearly 40mm of rain winds gusting to 120 kilometres an hour and hailstones the size of golf balls caused chaos on the roads damaged cars and homes, brought down trees and left more than 150,000 properties without power.
More rain is expected today but nothing like yesterday's deluge.
Meanwhile, there will be no let-up in parts of rain-soaked southern Queensland and northern NSW, as a new seasonal outlook predicts a wet autumn and early winter.
The Bureau of Meteorology says there is a 75 per cent chance both areas will exceed their median rainfall.
Areas of north-western NSW, some already declared natural disaster areas as floodwaters make their way down from Queensland, also are expected to be on the receiving end of better-than-average rain during the next three months.
There are similar predictions for the Western Australia-Northern Territory border region and most of the territory, in the bureau's latest seasonal outlook released on Tuesday.
The news is not so good for drought-stricken areas around the NSW Riverina and Murray River regions, with the bureau predicting a below 50 per cent chance of better-than-average rain.
A similar pattern applies to temperatures, with high rainfall areas expecting lower maximums.
The coldest areas of the country are expected to be in the south-east corner.
