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A major storm that has already rapidly intensified into a bomb cyclone off the coast of California will continue to pummel the Golden State, unleashing an increasing risk for life-threatening ...
Heavy rain and snow is due to persist for parts of Northern California and northern Rockies through Friday. Friday is also expected to bring the heaviest rainfall for areas south of San Francisco.
The storm comes just two weeks after the Mountain fire destroyed or damaged more than 350 homes in Ventura County. That fire was fueled by dry conditions and intense Santa Ana winds.
A powerful extratropical cyclone developed c. November 18, 2024, in the Northeast Pacific and struck the Western United States and Western Canada. [9] [10] The storm underwent bombogenesis, rapidly dropping its central pressure [11] to a record-tying level of 942 millibars (27.8 inHg). [9]
Landslides and fallen trees due to the heavy rain and high wind gusts destroyed and damaged many homes and closed roads throughout California. Bel-Air had a peak 24-hour rainfall of 12.42 inches (315 mm) which equates to a 380-year return interval (0.3%).Los Angeles had been incorporating elements of a stormwater harvesting design to retain the ...
While each storm may not be a bomb cyclone, inches of rain from storms from Northern California to western Washington will add up. From 1 to 2 feet of rain will pour down, especially along the ...
When a storm's central pressure drops 0.71 of an inch of mercury inches (24 millibars) or more in 24 hours or less, it is considered to be a bomb cyclone. "This storm's central pressure crashed ...
"Storm total rainfall may reach as high as 12 to 16 [inches], with dangerous flash flooding, rock slides, and debris flows likely," the agency wrote in its latest forecast.