A massive winter storm is expected to bring icy temperatures howling winds and blizzard conditions to parts of US and Canada. In time for the holiday season, the storm has the potential to become a 'Bomb Cyclone' over the lakes.

WION Climate Tracker: 'Bomb Cyclone' to hit North America; travel to be disrupted in US, Canada

Winter snowstorm known as a ' bomb cyclone ' has pounded the U.S. East coast from Tennessee to New York. All these major regions--- are currently witnessing a wave of intense weather event. Nearly 100 million Americans across the country have been placed under weather alerts.

Winter snowstorm pounds US East coast from Tennessee to New York

Cars, planes stranded as Bomb Cyclone hits US Thanksgiving travel

At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of US farmland were flooded after the "bomb cyclone" storm left wide swaths of nine major grain producing states under water this month, satellite data analyzed by Gro Intelligence for Reuters showed.

More than 1 million acres of US cropland ravaged by floods

A powerful, late-winter "bomb cyclone" storm pushed into the US Midwest and the Great Lakes region on Friday, causing flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, stranding herds of cattle and raising alarms at a Nebraska nuclear power plant.

'Bomb cyclone' triggers flooding on Mississippi, Missouri rivers

Bomb cyclone refers to a meteorological phenomenon known as bombogenesis, in which a storm's minimum central pressure drops by at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.

Watch: What is 'Bomb cyclone'?

The worst winter storm in decades forced the cancellation of thousands of flights, closed a number of highways and prompted schools to suspend classes in New York City

3 dead due to violent 'bomb cyclone' in US, several services disrupted

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