A powerful “bomb cyclone” battered the northeastern United States on Sunday, February 22, with blizzard warnings in effect for New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia. Wind gusts up to 60–70 mph and snowfall totals of up to two feet are causing power outages,

Before a single wet flake was sighted in the Philly region late Sunday afternoon, what forecasters warned would be a storm of rare severity already was having impacts on the workweek. A blizzard warning remained in effect for Philadelphia and all of New Jersey and Delaware until 6 p.

Over 15 inches of snow has fallen in Central Park as of 7 a.m. ET, the most snow at New York City’s official reporting station from a single storm in over five years. It’s the most snow from a single storm since 17.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A "bomb cyclone" storm is on track to hit the East Coast this weekend, with South Jersey likely to feel at least some of its effects. According to the Weather Channel, bomb cyclones are ...

Mid-latitude storms that rapidly intensify into violent weather systems, known as bomb cyclones, form through a specific chain of atmospheric events that begins with clashing air masses and ends with dangerously low pressure at the surface.

WASHINGTON — An east coast storm expected to move in this weekend could rapidly intensify into what meteorologists call a bomb cyclone, raising concerns about heavy snow, powerful winds and some coastal flooding from the Carolinas to New England.