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A powerful storm is slated to move over the Bering Sea this weekend, possibly becoming one of the most intense storms to ever impact the region.The former Super Typhoon Nuri is forecast to track northward into the Bering Sea, located in between Alaska and Russia, on Friday, losing its tropical characteristics as it does so.
At this point, the system will undergo rapid intensification, producing howling winds as the central pressure plummets to near record levels.Due to the massive size of the storm, impacts can be felt hundreds of miles away from the storm's center through much of the weekend.
Large waves and hurricane-force winds are expected to be the highest impacts with waves in some areas topping 45 feet Friday night and into Saturday.Waves this large can quickly turn deadly, tossing around ships sailing in the area.
Waves and swells are not expected to be nearly this high along the west coast of Alaska. However, they may still be strong enough to cause flooding and erosion in coastal areas.
© Satellite Image/NASAVisible satellite image capture Typhoon Nuri as it churned over the West Pacific on Nov. 5, 2014.
Large waves and hurricane-force winds are expected to be the highest impacts with waves in some areas topping 45 feet Friday night and into Saturday.Waves this large can quickly turn deadly, tossing around ships sailing in the area.
Waves and swells are not expected to be nearly this high along the west coast of Alaska. However, they may still be strong enough to cause flooding and erosion in coastal areas.
© CBCThe heavy rains and strong winds will continue as a deep Pacific low pressure system moving across the region.
In a special weather alert, the agency warns that between 30 and 40 mm of rain are expected on Thursday, while southwesterly winds could reach speeds of 90 km/h in Metro Vancouver.
Meanwhile, wind warnings are also in place for Greater Victoria, Inland Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands, where gusts are expected to reach a similar speed.
Environment Canada has also issued a wind warning for west Vancouver Island, ahead of very strong winds, gusting up to 100 km/h.
The Met Office is predicting heavy rain and gales for the north-east.
The rain is expected to continue throughout the rest of the day, overnight and into tomorrow. A forecaster said: "This will be heaviest and most persistent over southwest Scotland, and the southern Highlands from Argyll across to Angus. The rain will gradually clear from the west later on Friday."The public should be prepared for the risk of localised flooding and potential disruption to transport, particularly within the Amber area."
Rome always proved to be particularly susceptible to flooding in case of heavy rains, given its old water network and infrastructures. Major traffic disruption was registered on Thursday morning. At least four major metro stations were flooded by rains and shut, and water swamped several roads in the historical centre and other districts.
The main highways to and from the city were also flooded, and the Rome's ring road GRA was jammed with traffic.
According to Special Provincial Administration teams, the snow was 50 cm (20 inches) deep in higher elevations.
A written statement from the General Directorate of Meteorology asked citizens to be cautious due to the expected heavy snowfall in some provinces. It warned: 'Heavy Snow Coming!'
Artvin, Ardahan and northern districts of Rize and Erzurum expected heavy snowfall in the higher parts.
While the number of customers without power dropped below 50,000 by evening, the outages forced election officials to make alternative plans for several polling places for Tuesday's midterm election.
There was also one death attributed to the snowstorm. Troopers say a Lubec woman died when her pickup truck went off the road and overturned in the Washington County town of Trescott. They said 28-year-old Danielle Moores lost control of her pickup truck about 6:30 p.m. Sunday during the heavy snow from the weekend storm. The truck came to rest on its roof in a bog. Moores died at the scene.
Forecasts from both the European (ECMWF) and American (GFS) computer models continue to predict an extremely powerful non-tropical storm to develop from this merger over the Bering Sea, near the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska Friday into Saturday.
© Switzerland TourismTitlis mountain lift — closed for maintenance.
This wind speed was recorded at Titlis, a 3,238-metre mountain in the Uri Alps, Meteo Group and SRF Meteo said in news releases.
The high winds are due to a Foehn storm that began battering higher elevations late on Monday.
There were no reports of substantial damage.
Titlis is home to Europe's highest suspension bridge, a 500-metre-long foot bridge at 3,041 metres above sea level, 500 metres above the ground.
People from the Midwest to the East will need an array of outdoor gear into next week.
Before the chill hits, temperatures will moderate during the first part of the week over much of the eastern half of the nation.
Conditions will be favorable for storm cleanup early this week around the Chicago Lakefront and at midweek in northern New England. Waves washed over Lake Shore Drive in Chicago following a blast of snow on Halloween. Record snow amounts buried New England as the same storm pushed off the coast and ramped up. The milder air will also make raking leaves a little less painful from the Midwest to the Appalachians and Northeast.
The storm later this week will not be as strong as the system that hit the Midwest and East this past weekend. However, it will bring spotty rain and snow to parts of the northern Plains Wednesday then the Great Lakes on Thursday.
In the wake of the storm, winds will kick up, bringing in a quick dose of cold air and localized lake-effect snow to parts of the Upper Midwest.
Winds with the cold shot will not be as intense and more from the west in the wake of the storm around the Great Lakes. The southeastern shoreline of Lake Michigan will be hit with wave action, rather than Chicago during this round. The northwest flow will bring more lake-effect flurries and snow areas farther east over the Midwest when compared to this past weekend.
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