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>$400 million ($464 million in 2024) >=2 deaths This was the most intense storm ever recorded in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean, later tied by the November 2024 Northeast Pacific bomb cyclone. [69] [70] [71] November 2024 Northeast Pacific bomb cyclone: Picture of a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast on the afternoon of November 19, 2024
A powerful extratropical cyclone developed c. November 18, 2024, in the Northeast Pacific and struck the Western United States and Western Canada. [10] [11] The storm underwent bombogenesis, rapidly dropping its central pressure [12] to a record-tying level of 942 millibars (27.8 inHg). [10]
November 21, 2024 at 12:44 PM A historic “ bomb cyclone ” has caused multiple deaths and mass power outages after slamming into Seattle, Washington , as it charts a destructive path through ...
A bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast on the afternoon of November 19, 2024. The 2024–25 winter season opened with a significant blizzard affecting the Rocky Mountains in early November, described by the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) as historic, [5] with up to 3 feet (36 in; 91 cm).
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 ...
2024 Atlantic hurricane season summary map. Though the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, it got off to the slowest start since 2014. This was due to a large stationary heat dome over Central America and Mexico, as tropical cyclogenesis in June often occurs over the Gulf of Mexico and northern Caribbean Sea. [12]
The Pacific Northwest is a diverse geographic region, dominated by several mountain ranges, including the Coast Mountains, the Cascade Range, the Olympic Mountains, the Columbia Mountains, and the Rocky Mountains. The highest peak in the Pacific Northwest is Mount Rainier, in the Washington Cascades, at 14,410 feet (4,392 m).
The 2024 Pacific hurricane season was a somewhat inactive season that saw 15 tropical cyclones develop overall, of which 14 became named storms. [ nb 1 ] Among them, 5 developed into hurricanes, of which 3 intensified into major hurricanes .