What’s driving the extreme weather on the West Coast

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<p><a href="https://apple.news/AdSwHs2_dSl-Ys6QchnTo0Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> reports on the furious storm unleashed from a &ldquo;bomb cyclone&rdquo; slamming the West Coast, bringing fierce winds and hazardous flooding. <a href="https://apple.news/AeR6QyG4lST2PbDh6Wq9j2Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC Los Angeles</a> explains how an &ldquo;atmospheric river&rdquo; is also drenching California and the Pacific Northwest with rain.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AQPWnHIh4Sm6GcA5cWZtcNQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> reports that top political leaders in Sudan have been detained in an apparent coup.</p> <p>A leaked U.S. government report documents how people with medical conditions and disabilities were forced into the Trump administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;Remain in Mexico&rdquo; program. <a href="https://apple.news/Aqtr9l58NQK6BMyVtlQc9Dw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BuzzFeed News</a> has the story.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A9nKzGlx0Ti2qhvysnPojgA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> reports on an analysis that finds only 14% of the COVID-vaccine doses promised to the poorest nations by wealthy ones have been delivered. The Washington Post looks into <a href="https://apple.news/AeaqtOrfIRGCiWsni1-_ZRg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Pfizer&rsquo;s contracts with countries</a> and the <a href="https://apple.news/ASpZaW9QkR5O-KUQhDpPITA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">difficulty of donating vaccines abroad</a>.</p> <p>As Halloween approaches, <a href="https://apple.news/AxBM-gKafQyOUSp6klmWX6A">Vox</a> explains how concerns about ghosts can reduce a property&rsquo;s value.</p>