A massive bomb cyclone slammed into the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday night, unleashing torrential rains and tropical storm-like wind gusts up to 77 mph for certain areas. More than 600,000 customers across western Washington state are without power on Wednesday morning.
FOX Forecast Center said the powerful atmospheric river, coupled with a bomb cyclone, will unleash heavy rains and high winds across the area through Saturday.
"The two storms are powering the event, the first of which is a powerful bomb cyclone. The strength of the low has kicked up strong winds up and down the coast, which have caused power outages and some damage," Fox Forecast Center explained.
Floodwaters seen in Zichron Yaakov on November 19, 2024.
Record rains lashed northern Israel and the Haifa region Tuesday, inundating roads and prompting flash flood warnings for the Judean Desert and Dead Sea areas as the weather system moves south overnight.
In Ma'agan Michael, pouring rains swamped drainage channels, leading to flooding in parts of the coastal kibbutz. The Hof HaCarmel High School, located in the community, sent students home early due to the flooding.
Video footage posted online showed students wading through knee-high water next to half-submerged cars in the school's parking lot.
In a statement, the Hof HaCarmel regional council explained that the "large quantity [of rain] put a burden on the drainage system, which had been clean and in working condition, but it could not withstand the unusually large amounts of water."
The Israel Meteorological Service said in a tweet that 196 millimeters (7.7 inches) of rainfall were recorded over a four-hour period in nearby Zichron Yaacov, setting a new record for the country. The figure represented some 60% of the area's average yearly rain total.
A commercial diver is dead after a shark attack near the Chatham Islands.
A police spokesperson confirmed a man died in hospital after being attacked by a shark in the islands on Tuesday.
"Emergency services were called around midday, following reports the man - who had been diving off a boat - had been critically injured. He was rushed to Chatham Island Hospital, but has since died," the spokesperson said.
His death has been referred to the coroner.
Multiple sources have told Stuff the victim is a local commercial diver who is aged in his 20s.
After the attack, he was brought to Waitangi Wharf, before being rushed to hospital.
A St John spokesperson confirmed it sent one ambulance to the scene, and referred further inquiries to police.
Mike Toole, Kristina Rex CBS News Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:05 UTC
The woman who was attacked and killed by her own dog in Boston Monday night has been identified as Jeriline Brady-McGinnis. She was 73 years old.
Brady-McGinnis' landlord and close friend Jean McGuire first identified her as the victim on Tuesday shortly before police confirmed it.
McGuire, 93, is a civil rights pioneer and the first Black woman elected to the Boston School Committee. McGuire said Brady-McGinnis was like a "sister" to her and that they had known each other for years.
A 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along Anchorage's coastal trail over the weekend. Hundreds of people ventured out onto tidal flats Sunday to take a look at the carcass in the sun.
The first reports of the animal came to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Saturday before 10 p.m., said Barbara Mahoney, a NOAA biologist. On Sunday, Mahoney and other scientists examined the carcass, taking measurements, collecting skin samples and anchoring it down so they can continue their analysis on Monday.
"We don't know what happened to it," Mahoney said. "They follow food, but I am not sure what it was following this time of year."
Fin whales, which are classified as endangered, migrate worldwide and summer as far up north as the Chukchi Sea. Mahoney said that the species can be found in lower Cook Inlet and are fairly uncommon in the Knik Arm, but at least a couple of them have washed up in Southcentral Alaska.
"We've had a few," Mahoney said. "This is the first time I've had one on this beach."
The standing water, which has been going on for five consecutive days, shows a trend that is increasingly widespread and is causing concern among local residents.
Tidal floods are still inundating the Muara Angke Penjaringan area, North Jakarta, Tuesday (19/11). The tidal flood has been going on for 5 days.
Some residents are still staying in their homes and fleeing if the water starts to rise. Residents admitted that they had just received rice boxes from the sub-district and were now starting to need clean water and medicine.
Meanwhile, BPBD DKI Jakarta warned of the potential for coastal flooding (rob) on 14-21 November 2024 in 10 coastal areas north of Jakarta.
Coastal areas and riverbanks in Hong Kong flooded on Monday, as an approaching Severe Tropical Storm Man-yi and a spring tide helped push up sea levels.
In Tai O on Lantau Island, residents waded through ankle-deep waters at the main market and elsewhere, while sandbags were stacked around homes to keep the flooding at bay.
The impact extended to other areas, with flooding seen along the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin, where about 10cm (4 inches) of water covered popular cycling tracks.
Similar conditions were observed near the Lam Tsuen River in Tai Po and the Sam Ka Tsuen seafood bazaar in Lei Yue Mun, a blackspot of flooding, where waters rose nearly to people's knees.
A pedestrian tunnel was nearly half submerged in Tai Po.
The Observatory earlier warned that the spring tide and combined effects of the northeast monsoon and Man-yi could result in sea levels rising to 3.3 metres (10.3 feet) above chart datum at around 10pm.
Tonight, dozens of residents in western Belize are grappling with flood waters, blocked streets and inundated yards, brought on by Tropical Storm Sara's persistent rains this weekend. The storm began producing rain over the country on Friday and by Sunday when it made landfall, the dams were overflowing, the rivers had broken its banks, and dry lands were covered in flood waters.
The storm brought several inches of rainfall, particularly in the Cayo District, and impacted several communities along the Mopan and Macal Rivers.
The rising waters were so intense that many businesses and market vendors were forced to evacuate as well as several residents. Prime Minister John Briceno led a delegation of officials this morning for a flyover of the affected areas. Love News met up with him in San Ignacio Town where he spoke on his observations of the various areas.
The Mopan River water levels 18-feet higher than normal has flooded the George Price Highway entrances to Benque Viejo del Carmen and San Jose Succotz, according to Benque Viejo del Carmen Mayor Jorge Antonio Rosales.
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