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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 ...
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.
On November 29, 2007, a strong low-pressure system, fed by the remnants of Typhoon Mitag and Typhoon Hagibis, formed in the central Pacific Ocean, and was carried via the Pineapple Express to the Pacific Northwest. [7] Anticipating the storm, the National Weather Service issued its first-ever hurricane-force wind warning for the Oregon Coast ...
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 ...
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 ...
Flooding just north of downtown Portland in February 1996, viewed looking southeast towards the Steel Bridge An aerial view of the Willamette River's flood. The Willamette Valley flood of 1996 was part of a larger series of floods in the Pacific Northwest of the United States which took place between late January and mid-February 1996.
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 ...
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