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The storm was powered by a rapid plunge in barometric pressure that some weather forecasters called a bombogenesis, or a bomb cyclone. (Photo: AP)

Bomb cyclone' hits US: 12 dead, 80,000 powerless homes, 5000 flights...

Officials feared fast-dropping temperatures after the storm passed would turn snow on roadways to ice.

5 Jan 2018 12:18 PM IST

Ahead of the busy weekend, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was keeping his fingers crossed that the storm wont ground balloons in Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade, CNN reported. (Photo: ANI)

'Bomb cyclone' storm expected to thwart US's Thanksgiving plans

The bomb cyclone -- a type of rapidly strengthening storm -- began dumping rain over parts of West and more rainfall is...

28 Nov 2019 4:04 PM IST

Officials in El Paso County, Colorado, said some 1,100 motorists were stranded on Interstate 25 near Colorado Springs. (Photo: TrevDon | Twitter)

'Bomb cyclone' brings snow, high winds to US; 1,339 flights cancelled

Meteorologists call it 'bomb cyclone,' a winter hurricane that forms when barometric pressure drops 24 millibars in 24...

14 March 2019 11:37 AM IST