Wednesday 20/November/2024 – 04:53 PM
One person was killed and more than 600,000 Americans were cut off from electricity after the bomb tornado struck the northwestern United States on Tuesday evening, as strong winds swept through towns accompanied by falling trees. Homes And vehicles.
A bomb hurricane sweeps a number of American states
According to the Daily Mail, the bomb tornado struck several American states, where a woman was killed in Lynwood, Washington, on Tuesday night, after a large tree fell on a homeless camp, according to the South County Fire Department.
Meanwhile, a tree fell on a car in Seattle, trapping the driver inside for several hours, according to the Seattle Fire Department, and the person was reported to be in stable condition.
The Bellevue Fire Department, about 10 miles east of Seattle, posted on the social media platform X: Trees are falling across the city and falling on homes. Go to the lowest floor and stay away from windows. Do not go outside if you can avoid it.
Reports early Wednesday morning said that more than 600,000 homes in Washington state were without power, and reports of power outages varied, likely in part because it was difficult for many weather agencies and utilities to report information related to the storm due to internet outages. And other technical problems.
The newspaper reported that power was cut off in more than 15,000 homes in Oregon and about 19,000 homes in California.
By 8 p.m. local time, peak wind speeds were in Canadian waters, with gusts of 101 mph reported off the coast of Vancouver Island, according to the National Weather Service in Seattle.
The Weather Prediction Center issued warnings of the risk of heavy rain until Friday and warnings of strong winds due to hurricanes, while the strongest atmospheric rivers flooded the region with a large cloud of moisture that California and the Pacific Northwest region witnessed this season.
