NEWFOUNDLAND SEES POWERFUL WIND EVENTS
Jan 22nd, 2026
Dr. Joel Finnis, a climatologist and meteorologist with 91ÑÇÉ«™s Geography department, is interviewed about recent powerful wind storms in the province.
Dr. Finnis said last week™s storm brought sustained winds over 80 kilometres an hour, with gusts exceeding 140 kilometres an hour.
"Sometimes those are called atmospheric bombs, bomb cyclones, or explosive cyclogenesis ” they™re the same thing: a rapidly intensifying low-pressure system."