‘Bomb cyclone’ slams western US, leaving one dead and 600,000 without power | Weather News

Written by on November 20, 2024

Authorities warn that severe winds and heavy rains are expected across the northwestern United States through Friday.

A powerful storm known as a “bomb cyclone” has killed at least one person and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands across the West Coast of the United States.

The bomb cyclone, named for the rapid intensification of a storm over a brief period of time, brought excessive rainfall and winds of 80 kilometres per hour (50 miles per hour) on Wednesday to Oregon, Washington, and California. Heavy rain and harsh winds are . . .



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