When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could “bomb out” or become a bomb cyclone. But what exactly does this mean?

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The entire northwestern United States is getting slammed this week by a powerful bomb cyclone system that could drop nine inches or more of rain in some areas in a matter of days ...

When spiral formations appear on weather radars and satellite images, it can be easy to jump at the thought of an impending tropical cyclone. Heavy rain and strong winds are part of northern Australia ...