@jordanlund to News • 3 days ago'Bomb cyclone' kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest USapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4arrow-up143arrow-down12
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-link'Bomb cyclone' kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest USapnews.com@jordanlund to News • 3 days agomessage-square4
minus-square@disguy_ovahealink6•3 days agoI’m confused. I thought hurricanes were north of the equator and cyclones spun the other way and were only found south of the equator, but the bomb cyclone hit Washington state and Canada.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•3 days agohttps://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
minus-squareAdmiral PatricklinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 days agoDifferent kinds of cyclones. This one is more correctly called “Explosive Cyclogenesis”
I’m confused. I thought hurricanes were north of the equator and cyclones spun the other way and were only found south of the equator, but the bomb cyclone hit Washington state and Canada.
https://gpm.nasa.gov/resources/faq/what-difference-between-typhoon-cyclone-and-hurricane
It’s a synoptic cyclone. Thanks!
Different kinds of cyclones. This one is more correctly called “Explosive Cyclogenesis”