‘Bomb Cyclone’ Strikes BC Coast: Highways Shut Down, Thousands Left Without Power

A woman wears a plastic poncho as rain falls in Vancouver, on Sept. 25, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

A “bomb cyclone” that hit parts of the B.C. coast late Nov. 19 brought wind gusts reaching 160 km/h, wide-scale power outages, and multiple road closures.

Bomb cyclone is a term given by meteorologists to a storm that appears to intensify rapidly, caused by a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure at its centre.