A powerful storm known as a “bomb cyclone” hit the Pacific Northwest Tuesday night, killing one person in Washington state and at one point leaving more than 600,000 homes without power.
A bomb cyclone – or what meteorologists call bombogenesis – is a rapid intensification of a cyclone in a short period of time.
Falling trees struck homes and littered roads across the northwest portion of the Evergreen State, the result of the storm’s rain and high winds, with gusts of more than 70 mph recorded. According to the National Weather Service in Seattle, gusts of 101 mph were reported off the coast of Vancouver Island.
At least one person was reported dead due to the storm. In Lynwood, a woman died Tuesday night when a large tree fell on a homeless encampment, South County Fire reported on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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