A strong winter weather system has the potential to develop into a bomb cyclone off the East Coast later this weekend, after spilling snow onto the Southern Appalachians. These storms can produce ...

When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?

Here’s what to know about the “bombogenesis” of the storm battering the East Coast—and how the snowfall could be historic.

Hurricanes, tropical cyclones and typhoons are all destructive windstorms, but how do they differ from one another? Learn more.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Blizzard conditions are likely in some areas due to strong winds and low visibility as the evolving nor'easter intensifies into a ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The National Weather Service is reporting increased confidence in "impactful heavy snow" across much of the Carolinas and parts of ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Esther Mullens, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) A bomb cyclone is a large, ...

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 ...

Meteorologists are warning that another major winter storm is forecast to become a nor’easter intensifying into a bomb cyclone across parts of the East Coast starting Friday into this weekend. The ...