'Bomb cyclone' batters B.C. coast with hurricane-force winds, downing trees onto roads and vehicles
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Massive trees toppled onto roads, power lines and parks cars as hurricane-force winds battered the B.C. coast overnight during an intense “bomb cyclone” weather event.
Massive trees toppled onto roads, power lines and parks cars as hurricane-force winds battered the B.C. coast overnight during an intense “bomb cyclone” weather event.
At its peak, the massive storm caused power outages affecting some 270,000 homes and businesses across the province, and forced the closure of several highways and roads.
South of the border, a woman died after a tree toppled onto a homeless encampment in the community of Lynnwood, Wash.
Videos and images posted to social media show tree trunks and other debris littering roads on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland, including along the Stanley Park Causeway connecting Vancouver with the North Shore.
Environment and Climate Change Canada said winds exceeded 100 km/h in many areas, with remote Sartine Island, off the northern tip of Vancouver Island, enduring gusts of 170 km/h – the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane.
The impacts of the bomb cyclone – a phenomenon caused by rapidly dropping atmospheric pressure at the centre of a weather system – continued on Wednesday as well.
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