The “bomb cyclone” about to wallop the East Coast has been referred to as a bombogenesis by meteorologists — leaving many scratching their heads. It’s also left Americans still digging themselves out of a foot or more of snowfall from last weekend’s Winter Storm Fern, worrying about being buried by another few inches.

Snow, damaging winds and dangerous coastal flooding are expected to impact parts of the southern Appalachians, the Carolinas and southern Virginia this weekend as a powerful winter storm rapidly intensifies off the Southeast coast.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man crosses 7th street in the heavy snow Sunday Dec. 28, 2025 in downtown Minneapolis. (Jerry Holt /Star Tribune via AP) When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in ...

Hurricane season is over, but you still need to know about rapid intensification and why it matters in tropical cyclones and winter storms like the one occurring over the eastern United States. The National Weather Service is calling the system moving ...

A rapidly strengthening storm is expected to develop off the Southeast coast this weekend amid a deadly cold outbreak, bringing snow and strong winds just days after a historic winter storm blasted large parts of the East Coast.

A strengthening bomb cyclone barreled across the northern U.S. on Monday, unleashing severe winter weather in the Midwest as it took aim at the East Coast. The storm brought blizzard conditions, treacherous travel and widespread power outages to parts of ...