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The largest storm events have struck the Pacific Northwest every 15 to 30 years according to modern records. Among the strongest were the 1962 Columbus Day storm , which formed from the remnants of Typhoon Frieda/Freda and killed 50 people; the 1993 Inauguration Day windstorm, which killed 6 people; and the 2006 Hanukkah Eve windstorm , which ...
A fallen tree sits atop a fire department vehicle after a powerful storm hit the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, causing power outages in Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia ...
Map shows forecast for bomb cyclone storm developing over the Pacific Northwest / Credit: CBS News. In most regions, if the atmospheric pressure drops at least 24 millibars within 24 hours, it is ...
At least two people have died and hundreds of thousands are without power as a second powerful bomb cyclone approaches the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, causing high winds, heavy rain ...
The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, [2] and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962.
The system had severe impacts across Western North America, before dissipating on October 26. The storm shattered multiple pressure records across parts of the Pacific Northwest. Additionally, the bomb cyclone was the most powerful storm on record to strike the region, in terms of minimum central pressure. The bomb cyclone brought powerful gale ...
The weather service has issued warnings and watches across the U.S. Pacific Northwest for high winds and flooding, including blizzard warnings, from northern Washington to the Sierra Nevada Range.
Storm system is expected to weaken as it continues ... winds with speeds surpassing 77mph wreaked havoc in the western Washington on Wednesday with high surf along the Pacific Northwest ...