FEMA won’t provide relief to Washington state following ‘bomb cyclone’

Published April 15, 2025 9:43am ET



Washington was denied Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for a bomb cyclone that hit in November.

Powerful wind and rain toppled trees and electrical power lines. Public highways were damaged, and two people died in the storm. Then-Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, issued disaster declarations across 11 counties at the time, including Seattle. The storm was classified as a bomb cyclone because it rapidly intensified.

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