Discover more about bomb cyclones – like the most recent Storm Éowyn – from their formation to where exactly they can strike ...

The resulting, significantly more intense system is commonly referred to as a bomb cyclone. In Éowyn’s case, the anomalously warm Atlantic Ocean helped fuel this process of explosive ...

Storm Éowyn has unleashed strong and damaging winds over the British Isles, and particularly over Ireland and Scotland.

Storm Eowyn is caused by a band of strong winds at the top of the atmosphere called the jetstream. The stream blows from west ...

By Kristine Sabillo Back-to-back storms have ravaged the U.K. and neighboring Ireland and France, causing torrential rains, ...

Bomb cyclones and hurricanes sometimes have similar characteristics, but they form from different processes “A hurricane’s engine is the warm ocean and ... in the North Atlantic, explains ...

As a result, Eowyn can be termed a “bomb ... bomb cyclone like Storm Éowyn. A strong jet stream – the ribbon of winds about six miles up in the atmosphere over the North Atlantic – is ...

“Ireland gives us a nice vantage point to reach some of the strongest winter storms over the North Atlantic ... Ocean Winds science team, said in an article on NOAA's website. ( MORE: 'Bomb ...