Wednesday’s Category 3 Atmospheric River was labeled a bomb cyclone after rapidly strengthening off-shore.
By noon, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency over the extreme weather event while public safety workers across Sonoma County were ramping up their response to reports of downed power lines and trees. Outages affecting up to 17,000 residents were also reported in downtown San Jose.
Wednesday’s atmospheric river is also being labeled a “bomb cyclone” for its rapid strengthening off-shore. That term describes an area of low pressure that intensified by 24 millibars within 24 hours, with millibars being a unit of measurement for atmospheric pressure. San Jose Councilmember for District 7 Bien Doan, left, holds the hand of Janet Parks Swanson, 63, who is unhoused, as Swanson is escorted out from a homeless encampment along Coyote Creek at Tully Road on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in San Jose, Calif. A ruthless winter storm bore down on the Bay Area and Northern California on Wednesday, prompting emergency proclamations, school closures and multiple hazard warnings of potential flooding, debris flows and severe winds.
PG&E workers walk around the trunk of a large tree blocking 10th Avenue on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 in Oakland, Calif. The tree along with a toppled utility pole blocked the intersection of 10th Avenue and East 28th Street.
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