A tornado struck an Oregon beach town late Friday, sending debris flying and toppling power lines and trees as strong winds and heavy rain walloped the Pacific north-west. Thousands of people were without power as utility crews in the region prepared for what’s expected to be an even rougher storm on Saturday.
In Washington, Puget Sound Energy responded to scattered outages affecting thousands of people throughout the day. Lightning strikes hit the south-west Washington coast.
Meteorologists expect a lull before the remnants of Typhoon Songda, which wreaked havoc in the western Pacific days ago, hit the Pacific north-west on Saturday. Forecasters say wind gusts as high as 70mph could sweep through Seattle. Mayor Ed Murray urged residents to avoid the city’s many parks during the wet weekend weather.
The same weather system is expected to affect northern California, bringing rain, wind and coastal flooding to the Bay area through part of Saturday. The storm also carried the potential for flash flooding in central Idaho, where nearly 300 sq miles of mountainous terrain burned in a blaze earlier this year.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/15/oregon-tornado-rescues-power-outage-typhoon-songda
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