Winter Storm Sweeping Northeast Is a ‘Bomb Cyclone,’ Weather Service Says

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The storm began to draw comparisons to the blizzard of 1978 in Boston as the city and coastal New England braced for hurricane-force winds and record snow.

A powerful winter storm that the National Weather Service classified as a “bomb cyclone” began pummeling eastern Massachusetts on Saturday after bringing snow and brisk winds to the New York City metropolitan area.

Blizzard warnings were in effect for a wide swath of the East Coast. And people across the region were bracing for a day of freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall, treacherous travel conditions and the potential for widespread power failures. More than 115,000 households were without power in Massachusetts, with wider outages expected as the storm rolled in. » | Alexandra E. Petri, Troy Closson, Mike Ives | Saturday, January 29, 2022

Nor’easter lashes eastern US with snow and wind gusts near hurricane force »