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The northwestern U.S. avoided getting hit by a second "bomb cyclone" on Thursday when the storm's fury came up short of forecasts, but an ongoing "atmospheric river" deluged northern California with wind and rain.
The first bomb cyclone, in which rapidly dropping pressure produces hurricane-force winds and precipitation, pounded the region on Monday and Tuesday, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people from Washington state to northern California.
Images of cars and houses crushed by fallen trees in Washington filled social media.
A second bomb cyclone had been forecast to hit Thursday, but the storm's pressure failed to drop fast enough over a 24-hour period to earn the provocative designation, said Joe Wegman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center.
Even so, the low-pressure system produced more wind and rain.
Northern California continued to be drenched by an atmospheric river on Thursday, creating hazards on roads and flood and wind alerts.
Wind gusts of 65 mph (105 kph) were expected on Thursday evening, and risks of life-threatening flooding, and mud and rock slides remained throughout the region, the weather service warned.
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