Red Alert: The “bomb cyclone” rocking California will cause even more havoc in the coming days

The cyclonic pump which hit wednesday Californiawith strong winds and torrential rains expected to result floods in areas already saturated by previous storms, it can continue to wreak even more havoc, and authorities have turned on all warnings.

Is that California residents trying to recover from floods, landslides and power outages after heavy rains and high winds caused by a “bomb cyclone” now face at least three more thunderstorms in the next few days.

The moisture-dense atmospheric river that dumped up to 10 inches of rain over drought-stricken Northern California this week will move toward the center of the state starting tomorrow, but a new cycle of storms threatens much of the region. .

“Expected San Francisco pick up between 5 to 8 inches (150 to 200 millimeters) of rain over the next seven days,” he said. Christopher TateFox weather forecaster.

“Los Angeles could go up two or three inches, give or take a little bit,” he added. “It will be mostly heavy rain from Los Angeles to the Oregon border”.

Authorities issued life-threatening warnings and ownership in a large part of this east coast state of the United States, the most populous in the country, especially around the cities San Francisco and Sacramento.

Flooding is expected across the region, with places like the Pacific Coast Highwaywhich straddles the California coast, raising concerns such as hurricane force winds they raise strong waves and high waves.

“It’s more likely to have something to do with them a lot of problems flooding,” Tate said.

Torrential rains have already caused rivers and streams to overflow, causing the subsidence of roads, houses and commercial activities. Six people died in the storm, the Sacramento bee.

Higher odds, such as the region of Sierra Nevadathey could see more than two meters of snow in the next days. “We’re seeing some really crazy snow totals out West,” Tate said. “Because we have three separate systems lined up in such short succession, some areas can accumulate more than 8 feet of snow.”

The area will also continue to face landslides, earth and rocks, a particular danger in areas recently burned by wildfires.

California Governor Gavin Newsom said days ago the state of emergency “to support response and recovery efforts”, while San Francisco established a contingency operations center.

Firefighters have warned the population to avoid an area where the glasses broke of an apartment complex due to strong winds.

Meanwhile, thousands of sandbags have been distributed to residents fearing flooding.

What is a bomb cyclone?

It concerns a very deep depression, a storm with very low pressures that could be as low as 970 hectopascals (hPa). It must be taken into account that, normally, the lowest pressures of storms do not reach 980 hPa and that hurricanes or tropical cyclones have central pressures of the order of 950 hPa.

The “bomb cyclone” is generated by a “cyclogenesis” (the process by which a depression is formed) almost explosive. The pressure drops very quickly, with a drop of 20 or 25 hPa, which is very important, in just 24 or 48 hours.

Heavy rains are caused by a combination of a cyclone pump -sudden drop in blood pressure- ea atmospheric river -long narrow wet corridor that carries moisture from the ocean-.

Up to 100 millimeters of rain is expected in the San Francisco Bay area, and double that in the nearby hills.

It is expected that in Sierra Nevada they will register 1.2 meters of snow.

Downpours add to a number of storms which has caused heavy rains in recent weeks.

On New Year’s Eve, areas of Northern California were hit by a storm that caused landslides and power outages, as well as breaking levees and flooded roads.

The western United States suffers from a decades-long drought, with below-average rainfall leaving river and reservoir levels worryingly low.

While meteorologists consider any rainfall to be beneficial, sudden downpours caused by severe thunderstorms can do more harm than good, as the ground is unable to absorb large volumes of water very quickly.