HOW DOES A BOMB CYCLONE FORM? Bomb cyclones form when the conditions at the surface and at the jet stream level are ideal for the storm to intensify.

With this year’s hurricane season under way, Al Jazeera visualises the differences between various storm systems.

A dangerous weather phenomenon called a bomb cyclone that occurs in mid-latitudes — between Earth's tropics and the polar regions — can bring strong and damaging winds, torrential rains, heavy ...

A bomb cyclone is a rapidly intensifying mid-latitude cyclone that can cause hurricane-force winds, heavy precipitation, and dangerous conditions, primarily during winter. These storms form under ...

Bombogenesis happens when "a midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies, dropping at least 24 millibars over 24 hours," according to NOAA. This extreme and rapid change in pressure forms a very ...

Meteorologist Brian Slocum wrote on X on Thursday: "The Atlantic is getting active apart from Hurricane Erin. A third area of ...

The bomb cyclone that knocked out power for some half a million people in Western Washington last week exposed the weaknesses in the Pacific Northwest’s energy grid.