Woman survives tree strike on highway during WA's strongest storm in 49 years

Two incidents of trees falling on moving vehicles reported; one woman escaped with no injuries, a couple in their 70s sustained minor injuries.

On a Sunday afternoon in Western Australia, a mother driving through the state's most powerful storm in nearly half a century found herself beneath a falling tree at highway speed — and walked away. Lauren Healy's survival near Metricup, on a stretch of road that claimed two vehicles that day, sits at the intersection of chance, instinct, and whatever we choose to call the force that sometimes turns catastrophe aside. The storm that framed her escape — gusting to 135 kilometres per hour at Cape Naturaliste — was not merely a weather event but a reminder of how swiftly the ordinary world can be

Woman survives tree strike on highway during WA's strongest storm in 49 years

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