An intense winter storm has caused electricity outages for tens of thousands of Americans. Some 65000 homes and businesses along the US east coast are without power. The storm is the product of a rapid and scarce drop in barometric pressure known as bombogenesis,or bomb cyclone. Heavy snow has pounded the east coast from Maine as far south as North Carolina, taking out power lines, or icing over roads and closing hundreds of schoolsContinue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk