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

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 ...

When storms undergo bombogenesis, they rapidly strengthen. The National Weather Service writes, "Bombogenesis can happen when a cold air mass collides with a warm air mass, such as air over warm ocean ...