New Jersey last saw a bomb cyclone in early 2022, when a powerful nor’easter dumped up to two feet of snow right after the new year. Delaware, Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania also felt the impacts. Four years earlier, a historic bomb cyclone carried a blizzard that blanketed much of the Northeast in heavy snow.

VERIFY is answering four top questions about bomb cyclones, including how the storms form and why they differ from hurricanes.

The Northwest is bracing for a strong storm system to move in this week, fueled by an atmospheric river​ and bomb cyclone. What do those terms mean?

A "bomb cyclone" riding a long atmospheric river toward the West Coast is expected to bring more than a foot of rain to parts of Northern California and 30-foot waves to the Oregon coast, but the weather won't be quite as catastrophic in and around Los Angeles, the latest forecast models show.

A bomb cyclone, or a severe winter storm, has hit the Pacific Northwest, bringing heavy rain and winds to northern California, Oregon and Washington.

Chad Hecht, University of California, San Diego The West Coast’s rainy season has arrived in force, with an atmospheric river joining a bomb cyclone off the Pacific Northwest coast. Heavy, wet snow began falling in the mountains on Nov.

The effects of the so-called bomb cyclone storm on Southern California will be less dramatic compared to the north, weather forecasters say.