Real weather term "bomb" blows up on social media

Posted: Thursday, January 4, 2018 4:30 am | Updated: 5:05 am, Thu Jan 4, 2018.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to weather, it's hard to sound scarier than "bomb cyclone."

It's a version of a real weather term that applies to a massive winter storm that pulled together Wednesday off the U.S. Southeast coast. But as fearsome as the storm is with high winds and some snow, it may not be quite as explosive as the term sounds.

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