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

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

A life-threatening nor'easter and bomb cyclone has brought blizzard conditions to New Jersey and along the East Coast, causing widespread PSE&G and JCP&L outages, a NJ state of emergency, and a NJ ...

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?

What is a blizzard, and did NYC get a bomb cyclone, blizzard? NOAA's NWS and AccuWeather forecasters give the latest updates.

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?

According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, certain storms undergo bombogenesis, which happens when a storm’s central pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. These ...