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A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term - bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that meteorologists usually call bombogenesis.

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VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning that a "bomb cyclone" is expected to bring powerful winds to most of Vancouver Island and the СÀ¶ÊÓƵ coast, with hurricane-force gusts of 120 km/h predicted for some areas this week.

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Firefighters in New York said Sunday that a voluntary evacuation overnight helped them protect more than 160 homes from a stubborn wildfire near the New Jersey border as officials in much of the Northeast coped with hundreds of brush fires in tinder-

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — As the third named storm to emerge during November, Tropical Storm Sara serves as a reminder that the Atlantic hurricane season hasn't quite ended.

VANCOUVER — Whistler, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ, is expected to see its first "significant snowfall" of the season this weekend. The company that owns Whistler-Blackcomb says it is kicking off the season by opening one of its ski hills a day earlier than expected.

Losses are expected to be far higher due to the number of uninsured properties and damage to public infrastructure.

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Belize issued tropical storm warnings for the Central American country's coast on Friday as Tropical Storm Sara moved through the Caribbean, dousing Honduras' northern coast with heavy rain.

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