Sacramento (EMS). California is currently battling the Bomb Cyclone. Due to this cyclone, a dangerous fifth grade atmospheric river flow is being seen in the sky over California and its surrounding area. Due to which it is raining heavily. Snow is falling several feet high in many places.
California has struggled with wildfires, severe drought, severe heat, floods, landslides before this bomb cyclone. Now you must be wondering where did the word ‘bomb cyclone’ come from. In fact, when there is a rapid change in the weather like a bomb explosion, then scientists call it bombogenesis. Such cyclones occur when the storm is located in the middle of the atmosphere over that area for at least 24 hours up to 24 millibars. Millibars is the unit of measurement of atmospheric pressure.
The major problem with the bomb cyclone is that it mixes with the atmospheric river over California. Due to which its power has increased further. Atmospheric river i.e. is actually fast flowing moisture air in the sky. It sometimes takes the form of a hurricane and sometimes a tornado. If it is placed in the fifth category, it means that there can be a lot of destruction. According to the California Department of Water Resources, due to the fifth category atmospheric river and bomb cyclone, rain can be accompanied by strong winds, floods, garbage flows, landslides, flash floods, etc.
In Sacramento, the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a warning for disasters such as heavy rain and flooding on October 24. According to NWS, it was told from its Twitter handle that there may be heavy rain throughout the day. Strong winds will blow. The open garbage in the city will be seen flowing on the streets with these winds and rain. There is a danger of flooding the roads. That’s why people have been warned to stay in their homes.
The risk of landslides is high in central and northern California, according to The Washington Post. Last week it rained for the first time since March 19 in Sacramento. That is, not a single drop of rain fell in this area for 220 days. Now half a foot of water is accumulating on the roads in this area.
There are potential tornadoes and hurricanes in northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Even if it does not come, winds can blow at a speed of 97 kilometers per hour. Apart from this, sea waves can rise up to 20 feet in height. They can hit the shores at high speed, so people are forbidden to go to the seashore in such weather. 5 to 8 inches of rain have been predicted in the Gulf of California, Oakland and surrounding areas. The Sierra Nevada Mountains range will also not remain untouched by this.
