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A 'Bomb Cyclone' Is Thwacking The Central U.S.

The storm is bringing high winds, snow, rain and dangerous road conditions. Meteorologists and local officials are warning people across the West and Midwest to cancel travel plans.
A satellite image from Wednesday morning shows a powerful storm system heading east across the U.S. The storm is expected to bring high winds, snow and rain to much of the central U.S. in the coming days.

When a storm gets very intense very quickly, it gets a very special, very scary name: bomb cyclone.

And just such a storm has arrived in the central U.S.

The powerful system is already bringing high winds, rain and snow to an of the country, including the Rocky Mountains, the Plains, the Mississippi.

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