The 'bomb cyclone' heading for the eastern US – is that even a thing?

With much of the country already struggling with sub-zero temperatures, a storm is building off the coast of Florida that could be about to make things worse

People on the US east coast dealing with a winter storm that is set to deliver plunging temperatures, strong winds, blizzards and coastal flooding have been provided a suitably stark term for the experience - "bomb cyclone".

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