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Bomb Cyclone

Floodwater surrounds a farm on March 22nd, 2019, near Craig, Missouri.

So-called "big weather" events in the central U.S. all have their roots in the area's geography.

By Russ Schumacher

An apartment building is surrounded by floodwater on March 22nd, 2019, in Craig, Missouri.

The storm will affect communities across several regions that are still struggling to recover from March's bomb cyclone.

By Leah Dunlevy

Following a bomb cyclone that dumped rain and melted snow across the Midwest, many sates—Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska, especially—have experienced flooding. Pictured here, floodwater covers Highway 2 on March 23rd, 2019, near Sidney, Iowa.

Following a bomb cyclone that dumped rain and melted snow across the Midwest, many sates, including Iowa, have experienced flooding.

By Pacific Standard Staff

A wave crashes over a home on Lighthouse Road as a massive winter storm begins to bear down on the region on January 4th, 2018, in Scituate, Massachusetts. The "bomb cyclone" was expected to dump heavy snows in New England as the storm system moved up the U.S. east coast.

Americans in the storm's path can expect major travel disruptions, potential power outages, and risks to livestock.

By Russ Schumacher

Visitors to the One World Observatory look out at a snow covered Manhattan on January 8th, 2018, in New York City.

Visitors to the One World Observatory look out at a snow covered Manhattan on January 8th, 2018, in New York City.

By Pacific Standard Staff