A blizzard warning is in effect for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as a bomb cyclone — a rapidly intensifying winter storm — crosses the Great Lakes.

According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, certain storms undergo bombogenesis, which happens when a storm’s central pressure drops at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. These storms are sometimes called bomb cyclones. Storm intensity is measured by central pressure, so the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm.

You may have heard Sunday and Monday’s storm in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest referred to as a “bomb cyclone.” What is it? And why is it so potentially dangerous? Here’s what to know about these sig

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