Meteorologists sometimes warn of a winter storm that could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, this happens when a storm's central pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.

A blizzard warning is in effect for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as a bomb cyclone — a rapidly intensifying winter storm — crosses the Great Lakes.

As the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region faces heavy snow and strong winds, thousands remain without power in Michigan.

From tropical cyclones to torrential floods, Australia battles a perfect storm of extreme weather events threatening millions across multiple states this week.Disaster management has issued

The same storm, capable of producing blizzard conditions with near-hurricane-force winds around the Great Lakes from Sunday to Monday, will direct frigid air in its wake through the Midwest and Northeast and even bring some chills to the south-central and southeastern United States in the week ahead.