The Pacific Ocean’s cold water and wind patterns ensure Canada’s West Coast will not experience the kind of destruction suffered by the Maritime provinces in post-tropical cyclone Fiona ...

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Atmospheric rivers out West also tend to dump their heaviest rain over the open water in the Pacific, because the storms they’re associated with typically peak in strength there.