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Powerful 'bomb cyclone' leaves 300,000 B.C. Hydro customers without power

Powerful 'bomb cyclone' leaves 300,000 B.C. Hydro customers without power

B.C. Hydro spokesman Ted Olynyk called it one of the worst storms he’s ever experienced: “Whether it was a bomb or a cyclone, it was a very significant event.”
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'Bomb cyclone' kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the US Northwest

'Bomb cyclone' kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the US Northwest

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — A major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain , causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people.
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Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'

Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'

VANCOUVER — Geoff Johnson and fellow storm watchers in Ucluelet, B.C., were concerned on Tuesday about the so-called "bomb cyclone" taking shape off Vancouver Island — not for safety reasons, but because they wondered if it would be "disappointing.
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Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'

Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'

VANCOUVER — Geoff Johnson and fellow storm watchers in Ucluelet, B.C., were concerned on Tuesday about the so-called "bomb cyclone" taking shape off Vancouver Island — not for safety reasons, but because they wondered if it would be "disappointing.
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Climate change goosed hurricane wind strength by 18 mph since 2019, study says

Climate change goosed hurricane wind strength by 18 mph since 2019, study says

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 18 miles per hour (29 kilometers per hour) stronger in the last six years, a new scientific study found Wednesday.
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Second teen charged in New Jersey forest fire as rain should help douse New York blaze

A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as “significant” rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New York border Wednesday.
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'Bomb cyclone' hitting B.C. sounds scary, but meteorologist says name isn't alarmist

'Bomb cyclone' hitting B.C. sounds scary, but meteorologist says name isn't alarmist

VANCOUVER — Hurricane-force winds of more than 120 km/h are hitting parts of the British Columbia coast and more than 150,000 BC Hydro customers are without power as a "bomb cyclone" develops off Vancouver Island.
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'Bomb cyclone' hitting B.C. sounds scary, but meteorologist says name isn't alarmist

'Bomb cyclone' hitting B.C. sounds scary, but meteorologist says name isn't alarmist

VANCOUVER — Hurricane-force winds of more than 120 km/h are hitting parts of the British Columbia coast and more than 150,000 BC Hydro customers are without power as a "bomb cyclone" develops off Vancouver Island.
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'Bomb cyclone' brings high winds and soaking rain to Northern California and Pacific Northwest

'Bomb cyclone' brings high winds and soaking rain to Northern California and Pacific Northwest

SEATTLE (AP) — What was expected to be one of the strongest storms in the northwest U.S. in decades arrived Tuesday evening, knocking out power and downing trees across the region.
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Dwindling sea ice, warming oceans fuelled Canada's 2023 wildfires, finds study

Dwindling sea ice, warming oceans fuelled Canada's 2023 wildfires, finds study

A new study finds 2023 fire conditions may have been made worse by a lack of sea ice and warm oceans on the other side of the planet.
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