According to the Earth Observatory, the intensification of the storm from a cyclone into a bomb cyclone was more than double what is necessary to make such a classification. The system pummeled ...

A "bomb cyclone" slammed the Pacific Northwest earlier ... in extreme rain and snowfall in the West. They function much like rivers on the surface but can carry considerably more water than ...

They are responsible for producing heavy rain and snow, especially when pushed up against mountain ranges like the Cascades ... atmospheric river events. Bomb cyclones are low pressure systems ...

Terms like "Arctic blast ... one of the most terrifying: "bomb cyclone." Even in the often hyperbolic field of weather prediction, that's an eye-catching name, but what does it mean?

The strong low pressure system currently impacting the west coast has a very impressive look to it on recent satellite ... around social media as well, like these ones from NWS depicting which ...

With severe tropical cyclone Zelia making landfall in the Pilbara region hours earlier than expected, let’s unpack what a category five cyclone is and just how severe damage could be.

Please look at the time stamp on the story to ... Pacific Northwest are preparing for this week. But what is a bomb cyclone, why does it happen and why are these big storms so feared?