Minimal impact to Seattle from 'bomb cyclone' but rain on the way tonight
SEATTLE -- A so-called "bomb cyclone" that is spinning off the coast of Washington state will have a minimal impact on weather for the Seattle area but the storm has brought hurricane-force winds to the northeast Pacific Ocean and waves approaching 15 feet tall.
"We are tracking the strongest storm in the northeast Pacific since April 2012, but it is a near miss for Western Washington," KOMO News meteorologist Kristin Clark said. "The storm stays clear offshore and heads due north into British Columbia Canada."
LATEST: Multiple downed power lines are blocking 25th Ave NE between NE 177th St and NE 178th St. Shoreline Fire says two people were trapped in a vehicle but were safely extracted and no injures were reported. Wind apparently blew a tree into the power lines, pulling them down. More than 1,000 people in the area were without power Thursday evening.
The storm was 500 miles off the coast of Washington and according to Clark has "a distinct curlicue of clouds around a deepening area of low pressure."
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