A powerful bomb cyclone broke records on the West Coast. How's it different from a hurricane?
To many Louisianans, satellite images of the large, swirling, powerful storm barreling toward northern California, Washington and Oregon looked eerily similar. But they differ from hurricanes in many ways.
Bomb cyclone hammers West Coast, 2 dead in Washington state
Two people were killed by falling trees in Washington state as a powerful storm hammered the Pacific Northwest. In Bellevue, a tree fell into a home, hitting and killing a woman while she was in the shower Tuesday night,
Bomb Cyclone Swell Hits West Coast
Meantime, two very different areas, 1,200 miles apart, managed to eke out some fine surf from the beast of a storm: Vancouver Island, on the tail end, and Ventura County as the swell filtered south. Here’s a quick look at both.
Here's what the West Coast bomb cyclone means for Phoenix flights
The bomb cyclone affecting California, Oregon and Washington this week is disrupting air travel. Here's what to know if you're flying.
'Bomb Cyclone' Set To Explode off US West Coast
A huge storm is predicted to hit Washington, Oregon, and California this week linked to atmospheric river weather systems.
A bomb cyclone and atmospheric river are developing in the Pacific. What does that mean for the West Coast?
The Northwest is bracing for a strong storm system fueled by an atmospheric river​ and bomb cyclone. What do those terms mean?
What is a ‘bomb cyclone'? The weather term back in the spotlight as West Coast prepares for a storm
Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that meteorologists usually call bombogenesis. It’s the rapid intensification of a cyclone in a short period of time, and it can happen during powerful storms such as the one northern California and the Pacific Northwest are preparing for this week.
When an atmospheric river meets a bomb cyclone, it’s like a fire hose flailing out of control along the West Coast
A powerful storm hitting the West Coast combines these phenomena for a wet week of erratic weather, as a meteorologist explains.
West Coast braces for more extreme weather and flash floods after devastating bomb cyclone
A bomb cyclone and atmospheric river storm resulted in the deaths of two people and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of West Coast residents
Bomb cyclone shows cracks in WA’s electrical grid
Resources are spread thin as utilities scramble to shore up their perforated transmission lines and grid experts say their work will increase in the future.
Health risks persist in WA nearly a week after bomb cyclone
Six days after the bomb cyclone storm hit western Washington, first responders are starting to tally up the kinds of emergency calls they've answered, with more than 250 being for downed trees.
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What is a ‘bomb cyclone’? The powerful storm set to batter the West Coast
A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term - bomb cyclone. A bomb cyclone occurs during the rapid intensification of a cyclone ...
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Powerful bomb cyclone to slam West Coast with life-threatening flooding, blizzard conditions
SEATTLE – A powerful bomb cyclone associated with a major atmospheric river is forecast to drench the West Coast, from Washington to California, this week and could potentially lead to life ...
After being pummeled by bomb cyclone, California to see drier December
Here’s some good news if you’re tired of lugging around that umbrella: Californians are about to get a break from the rainy ...