What does the weather term mean, how do the storms form and why are they so dangerous?

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

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Through coverage of the blizzard in the tri-state area, you may hear some unfamiliar terms like bombogenesis or bomb cyclone. In simple terms, bombogenesis occurs when a storm ...

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?

Millions along the East Coast are set to get wholloped by a massive blizzard that could drop as much as 24 inches of snow in some parts of the region stretching from New York City up to Boston and ...

An East Coast blizzard is clobbering areas from New England to New York City to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware with over two feet of snow and high winds leading to power outages and coastal ...