The Spokesman-Review · 22h
Bomb cyclone shows cracks in Washington’s electrical grid
SEATTLE — The bomb cyclone that knocked out power for some half a million people in Western Washington last week exposed the weaknesses in the Pacific Northwest’s energy grid. As the massive low-pressure system spun off the coast, easterly winds, reaching hurricane strength in places, tore through the region, blowing over trees into power lines.
KXTV · 6d
Here's the last time Washington was impacted by a bomb cyclone
Though that type of weather system doesn’t often develop near Washington, the last one that impacted the Pacific Northwest was earlier this year in January. Bomb cyclones are weather systems that form when the storm’s central pressure drops more than 24 millibars in 24 hours.
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