A powerful, rapidly intensifying cyclone wreaked havoc across the northwestern United States and parts of Canada on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, causing at least 2 deaths and leaving more than 600 000 customers (approximately 1.5 million people) in the U.S. without power. Another 140 000 customers (approximately 335 000 people) were left without power in B.C., Canada.
A powerful Pacific low pressure system will impact the Northwest United States and Canada with strong winds, heavy rains and heavy mountain snow, starting Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The storm is expected to rapidly intensify as it approaches the coast.
An unexpected and heavy October snowfall blanketed Whitehorse with 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 inches) of snow. The storm began on October 30, 2024, in Yukon’s capital, following a series of early snowfalls earlier in the month.
Category 4 Atmospheric River (AR) made landfall over British Columbia, Canada on Friday, October 18, 2024, dropping very heavy rain and leaving at least 2 people dead.
Three bright fireballs lit up the skies over the Great Lakes on Monday, October 21, 2024, according to the American Meteor Society (AMS), which received hundreds of reports.
An unusual buildup of snow from Siberia to North America in late October could destabilize the polar vortex, leading to colder and snowier conditions across the United States, Canada, and Europe this winter.
A very bright fireball was spotted across the skies of the Midwest at approximately 03:43 UTC on October 6, 2024 (22:43 local time on October 5), and reported by hundreds of eyewitnesses across 11 U.S. states and parts of Canada. The event was analyzed to have originated from a piece of a Jupiter family comet.
The polar vortex forming over the Northern Hemisphere in 2024 is at its weakest point for early October in the last 40 years, with potential consequences for winter weather patterns across North America and Europe. The vortex’s unusual behavior this season could lead to significant disruptions in cold outbreaks in parts of the eastern United States, Canada, and Europe.
An unusually strong atmospheric river struck British Columbia and Alaska from September 22 to 24, 2024, bringing widespread precipitation and causing floods and landslides.
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.5 hit the Queen Charlotte Islands region, British Columbia, Canada at 22:22 UTC on September 15, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
