Flood emergency warnings issued as strong winds leave thousands without power - Areas near the Victorian border could also be ...

Weather A bomb cyclone left thousands without power in the Pacific Northwest. Here's what that is Bomb cyclones can produce severe weather conditions. Here's what to know.

Just because it’s officially a bomb cyclone, that doesn't mean it’s the worst storm on record, Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist, said in an online briefing.

New Jersey last saw a bomb cyclone in early 2022, when a powerful nor’easter dumped up to two feet of snow right after the new year. Delaware, Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania also felt the ...

The West Coast’s rainy season has arrived in force, as an atmospheric river carrying moisture from the tropics joins a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast. Heavy, wet snow began falling ...

2:06 Vancouver Island bears brunt of bomb cyclone impact A major cleanup was underway across many parts of Vancouver Island on Wednesday after a powerful bomb cyclone battered the South Coast ...

·Fortune·large waves caused by a bomb cyclone storm system break against the Oregon coast on October 24, 2021 in Depoe Bay, Oregon. Chris Morris Updated Wed, Nov 20, 2024, 2:44 PM2 min read ...

Published: November 20, 2024 2:31pm EST Updated: November 21, 2024 7:27am EST The West Coast’s rainy season has , with an atmospheric river joining a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast.

Atmospheric rivers provide the moisture, and the bomb cyclone provides the intensity and increased winds. The major event this week has rainfall totals upwards of 10-20 inches in some spots.

Day says the term "bomb cyclone" has been used by scientists for decades and describes "a low-pressure system that is undergoing explosive cyclogenesis," or the creation of cyclonic air circulation.