Nearly 150,000 without electricity as bomb cyclone slams California

A bomb cyclone slammed into Northern California, flattening energy traces and leaving at the least 150,000 human beings with out electricity. Flights at San Francisco International Airport had been grounded and at the least one individual changed into pronounced to have died in San Mateo County, south of San Francisco, Bloomberg pronounced.

“This changed into a violent, surprising windstorm. We`re seeing affects likely which are just like a robust tropical typhoon or a susceptible hurricane,” Daniel Swain, a weather scientist on the University of California at Los Angeles said.

Here are pinnacle updates at the bomb cyclone in California:

1. The swiftly strengthening low-strain gadget delivered eighty miles in line with hour wind gusts.
2. About 260,000 houses and organizations throughout the nation misplaced electricity, in line with PowerOutage.us.
3. California has witnessed a chain of storms considering overdue December, bringing flooding rains and report snowfalls.
4. More than 20 human beings have died and billions of greenbacks in damages and losses have hooked up In California.
5. Santa Cruz County pronounced downed electric traces and automobile crashes.
6. In the Central Valley`s Tulare County, government ordered evacuations as the worry of wider flooding loomed.
7. The heaviest rainfall changed into anticipated today, government warned.
8. The typhoon is anticipated to linger thru overdue Wednesday because it pushes into Nevada and Arizona, forecasters noted.