At least 4 dead after powerful atmospheric river event clobbers West Coast
During the height of the event, nearly 1 million customers lost power across the Pacific Coast, with hurricane-force wind ...
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Mississippi River towns pilot new insurance model to help with disaster response
The pilot will test parametric insurance, which pays out quickly after agreed-upon “triggers” – such as wind speeds or river ...
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What happens when a powerful bomb cyclone and atmospheric river hit
If you don’t know what a bomb cyclone or an atmospheric river are, you’re not alone. But millions of people in the Pacific Northwestern were affected this week by those meteorological phenomenons and ...
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Atmospheric rivers aren't new. Why does it feel like we're hearing about them more?
In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage.
This rare weather phenomenon is happening simultaneously in the Northwest and Northeast
It involves two atmospheric disturbances doing an intricate dance — or in this case, two storms taking turns lashing the ...
NASA Image Shows Swirling Power of Bomb Cyclone As It Hit Pacific Northwest
Bomb cyclones form when a storm's atmospheric pressure drops sharply within 24 hours in a process called bombogenesis.
US Northwest avoids 'bomb cyclone' but deluged by 'atmospheric river'
The northwestern U.S. avoided getting hit by a second "bomb cyclone" on Thursday when the storm's fury came up short of ...
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Pacific Northwest reeling from bomb cyclone; atmospheric river targets California
An atmospheric river prompted a high-risk warning for excessive rainfall ... that's so-named because of its explosive ...
Snow forecast across Northeast, Midwest as atmospheric river collides with bomb cyclone in Pacific Northwest
With millions of people preparing to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, two strong storm systems are bringing high winds, ...
Deadly bomb cyclone batters Northwest, causing widespread power outages and downing trees
A major storm swept across the northwestern U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least two people.
Major Atmospheric River To Hit California With 'Life-Threatening' Floods
The weather will "produce an additional 6-12 inches of rainfall over regions with already saturated terrain," the National ...
'Bomb cyclone' storm leaves 2 dead and more than 450,000 customers without power in Washington state
Two people were killed near Seattle and more than a half-million homes and businesses were left in the dark Wednesday in the ...