[JACK AYLMER]
A SO-CALLED ‘BOMB CYCLONE,” WHICH METEOROLOGISTS EXPLAIN AS A STORM SYSTEM THAT RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES WITHIN 24 HOURS, WHIPPED THROUGH CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TUESDAY… KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND LEAVING MORE THAN HALF A MILLION HOUSEHOLDS FROM WASHINGTON TO CALIFORNIA WITHOUT POWER.
[LAKE STEVENS]
WE HAD SOME TREES COME DOWN AND A LOT OF THINGS BLEW AROUND, BUT WE DID OK. NOTHING MAJOR.”
[JACK AYLMER]
A TREE COLLAPSED ON A HOME EAST OF SEATTLE… KILLING ONE WOMAN. ANOTHER WOMAN DIED WHEN A TREE LANDED ON A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN LYNNWOOD, WASHINGTON.
FORECASTERS WARN ANOTHER BOMB CYCLONE… WHILE NOT AS INTENSE… IS HEADED FOR THE SAME REGION LATER THIS WEEK.
[ALLISON SANTORELLI]
USUALLY, THEY’RE GOING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A LOT OF WEATHER. YOU KNOW, HEAVY RAINFALL, HEAVY SNOWFALL, AND CERTAINLY HIGH GUSTY WINDS, POSSIBLY UP TO HURRICANE STRENGTH WINDS.
[JACK AYLMER]
IN CALIFORNIA, THE WEATHER SERVICE EXTENDED A FLOOD WATCH INTO SATURDAY FOR REGIONS NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO.
THE AGENCY IS WARNING RESIDENTS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING, ROCK AND MUDSLIDES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
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