We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you live in a portion of the country susceptible to severe winter weather, you are likely familiar with both snowstorms and blizzards ...

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?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may hear the term "bomb cyclone" and think it's a scary term that meteorologists made up to get your attention. But it's ...

A tropical cyclone is a low-pressure system forming over warm ocean waters near the equator. These massive storms bring strong winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surges. Recently, a powerful storm, ...

Weekend plans? How about "bombogenesis." That's the name of the weather process headed for much of the East Coast this weekend, as "a mid-latitude cyclone rapidly intensifies," or quickly drops in ...