B.C. storm: Historic 'bomb cyclone' leads to dozens of ferry cancellations, power outages
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A powerful fall storm has led to a number of wind warnings and special weather statements on B.C.’s South Coast.
A powerful fall storm has led to a number of wind warnings and special weather statements on B.C.’s South Coast.
As a result, BC Ferries cancelled nearly all of its morning and afternoon sailings Monday, due to dangerous conditions on the water.
Meteorologists are calling the weather event a "bomb cyclone."
“In order for it to be a meteorological bomb, it has to have a pressure drop of 24 millibars in 24 hours. This has dropped 50 millibars in 24 hours so it's like a double kind of a mega storm,” said Dave Phillips, a senior climatologist for Environment Canada.
The storm system is expected to bring extremely high winds.
“These are historic winds. I mean they're almost the kind of wind you'd see in a hurricane,” Phillips explained.
Environment Canada renewed a wind warning for parts of Metro Vancouver Monday morning.
