Now, big cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento are getting walloped by the powerful cyclone ... are under a flood watch Thursday. Much of California – which has been ...

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The powerful “bomb cyclone” storm now pummeling the Midwest is expected to strike parts of the Northeast on Friday — causing heavy rain and up to three feet of flooding in the New York area ...

Authorities also warned of further flooding near three rivers in the region. The storm, which forecasters described as an extratropical cyclone, also spawned a tornado and winds exceeding 62 miles ...

Anyone who watches the news will have seen the devastation that tropical cyclones can cause when they reach land, with very strong winds, high rainfall and flooding. A cyclone like this ...