Bomb Cyclone Finally Wanes In Pacific Northwest; New "Bomb" in UK Raising Havoc This Weekend

Big waves from Storm Bert crash into Devon, UK
The bomb cyclone is causing havoc throughout
the UK this weekend. 

 Storminess is finally waning along the West Coast as a one-two punch from a bomb cyclone and atmospheric river finally wane. 

The bomb cyclone - an explosively developing, intense storm - unleashed ferocious winds on the Pacific Northwest, notably Washington State. 

Two people were killed by falling trees, and power was cut to hundreds of thousand of homes and businesses.

The storm's atmospheric river - an intense band of moisture in the air, set its sights on northern California in the past three days. 

Venado, California received 17.4 inches of rain and Austin Creek wasn't far behind with 15.6 inches. 

Santa Rosa, California had its wettest three-day period on record, with around 12;5 inches of rain. Downtown San Francisco suffered some flash flooding as three inches of rain deluged the city Friday. 

Mudslides and flooding were widespread, inundating streets in San Francisco among other cities and closing parts of the Pacific Coast Highway in Mendocino County. 

This could have been worse had the atmospheric river not hit during the beginning of the wet season. Dry soils were able to absorb part of the deluge, but certainly not all of it. 

More rain is forecast from the central California coast all the way to Washington and beyond the next several days, but it will be much lighter than it was during the atmospheric river. No major new flooding is anticipated.

BRITISH BOMB

A bomb cyclone named Bert is strafing Great Britain with heavy snow, rain, storm surges and strong winds.  British meteorologists are, in their usual understatement, calling it the storm a "multi-hazard event."

One person has already died when a tree fell on his car. Five people in Wales had to be rescued when a mudslide engulfed their home. 

High elevations in northern England and in Scotland were expecting 8 to 16 inches of snow.  Temperatures were expected to warm up and snow was likely to change to rain in some areas, raising the risk of flooding from snowmelt. 

Up to six inches of rain was expected this weekend in parts of Wales and southwestern England. That's about the amount of rain that should fall there in the entire month of November, according to the BBC 

Significant flooding is also reportedly developing in Ireland. Travel was discouraged and much of Scotland and some train service was suspended.

In Europe, they name their big winter storms, like the United States names hurricanes. That's why this one is named Bert.

Rough weather in the UK from Bert is forecast to continue the rest of the weekend.