A bomb cyclone is set to rock the East Coast over the weekend, threatening millions with freezing temperatures and potential power outages. The powerful storm is currently forming off the coast of the ...

Meteorologists are watching what could become a " bomb cyclone " — a winter version of a hurricane — forming off the Carolinas from Friday night into Saturday. The storm could dump snow in the ...

Bomb cyclones can happen in any season, but mainly occur during fall and winter.

Weekend plans? How about "bombogenesis." That's the name of the weather process headed for much of the East Coast this weekend, as "a mid-latitude cyclone rapidly intensifies," or quickly drops in ...

NOAA explains that bombogenesis "describes a midlatitude cyclone that rapidly intensifies" over a 24-hour period. This rapid intensification is measured by how much the storm's central pressure falls ...

When storms undergo bombogenesis, they rapidly strengthen. The National Weather Service writes, "Bombogenesis can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean ...

A bomb cyclone will hit the East Coast this weekend with cold, wind and snow. Courtesy of AccuWeather As the Myrtle Beach area braces for extreme cold and snow, one particularly attention-grabbing ...

Another strong winter storm is headed up the East Coast, expected to intensify into a bomb cyclone bringing snow, strong winds and coastal flooding from the nor'easter, according to the National ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A powerful winter storm expected this weekend could be classified as a bomb cyclone, which is a technical meteorological term. Also known as bombogenesis, bombogenesis occurs when ...