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Next storm looms as B.C. cleans up from bomb cyclone. What's behind the foul weather?

Next storm looms as B.C. cleans up from bomb cyclone. What's behind the foul weather?

The bomb cyclone 鈥� a weather system triggered by a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure 鈥� brought winds as high as 170 km/h on Tuesday. Friday's storm isn't expected to be as intense.
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Safety board calls for changes two years after Nova Scotia fisherman's death at sea

Safety board calls for changes two years after Nova Scotia fisherman's death at sea

HALIFAX 鈥� An investigation into how the Canadian Coast Guard responded to a Nova Scotia vessel in distress two years ago raises questions about why one fisherman died after a towing operation went awry.
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North Carolina official overseeing hurricane rebuilding efforts is no longer in role

North Carolina official overseeing hurricane rebuilding efforts is no longer in role

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) 鈥� The top official for North Carolina's efforts to rebuild communities after natural disasters is no longer working in the position just a few days after a scathing rebuke of her work from GOP state lawmakers.
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Powerful 'bomb cyclone' leaves 300,000 B.C. Hydro customers without power

Powerful 'bomb cyclone' leaves 300,000 B.C. Hydro customers without power

B.C. Hydro spokesman Ted Olynyk called it one of the worst storms he鈥檚 ever experienced: 鈥淲hether it was a bomb or a cyclone, it was a very significant event.鈥�
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Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) 鈥� A volcano erupted with lava spewing from a fissure on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December.
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'Bomb cyclone' kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the US Northwest

'Bomb cyclone' kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the US Northwest

ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) 鈥� A major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain , causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people.
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Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'

Bomb cyclone batters B.C., cutting roads and power, snapping trees 'like gunshots'

VANCOUVER 鈥� Geoff Johnson and fellow storm watchers in Ucluelet, B.C., were concerned on Tuesday about the so-called "bomb cyclone" taking shape off Vancouver Island 鈥� not for safety reasons, but because they wondered if it would be "disappointing.
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Emergency alert test comes as B.C. mops up from 'bomb cyclone' with high winds

Emergency alert test comes as B.C. mops up from 'bomb cyclone' with high winds

A test for Canada's emergency alert system took place Wednesday just as British Columbia was cleaning up from a so-called "bomb cyclone" weather system that cut power and battered parts of the coast with hurricane-force winds.
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Second teen charged in New Jersey forest fire as rain should help douse New York blaze

A second teenager was charged with intentionally setting a wildfire in a New Jersey suburb of Philadelphia as 鈥渟ignificant鈥� rainfall was expected to help douse a stubborn wildfire burning on the New Jersey-New York border Wednesday.
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'Bomb cyclone' hitting B.C. sounds scary, but meteorologist says name isn't alarmist

'Bomb cyclone' hitting B.C. sounds scary, but meteorologist says name isn't alarmist

VANCOUVER 鈥� Hurricane-force winds of more than 120 km/h are hitting parts of the British Columbia coast and more than 150,000 BC Hydro customers are without power as a "bomb cyclone" develops off Vancouver Island.
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