Hold onto your umbrellas, folks! 🌂 A massive 'bomb cyclone' has just hit the U.S. West Coast, bringing high winds and soaking rains that are shaking things up from Portland to San Francisco.
Arriving Tuesday evening, this storm is said to be one of the strongest the northwest U.S. has seen in decades. It's already knocking out power and toppling trees across the region. 😱
But what exactly is a 'bomb cyclone'? It's when a cyclone, or storm system, intensifies really rapidly—like, superhero-level rapid! 🦸♂️ The Weather Prediction Center didn't take it lightly, issuing excessive rainfall risks as this intense atmospheric river barrels down.
The hardest-hit areas are expected to stretch from south of Portland, Oregon, all the way to north of the San Francisco Bay Area. That's a whole lot of rain! 🌧️
If you're in the path, make sure to stay safe and maybe keep that favorite movie queued up—looks like it's going to be a Netflix kind of night. 📺🍿
Reference(s):
cgtn.com
