As recovery from a historic ice storm continues across parts of the South, a new and potentially dangerous winter weather threat is set to unfold along the East Coast. A powerful bomb cyclone could bring blizzard conditions to portions of the Carolinas and southern Virginia this weekend.

The East Coast is bracing for a brutal weekend as a powerful winter storm rapidly intensifies into a "bomb cyclone" off the shoreline, threatening to bury

More than 1,700 flights were canceled Sunday as airports worked to recover from heavy snow, high winds and lingering power outages.

It could become a bomb cyclone and impact some of the same areas just hit by a monster storm this past weekend.

The coastal storm is still taking shape but seems likely to be designated a "bomb cyclone."

Deep penetration of cold temperatures and a coastal storm will bring bomb cyclone and polar vortex into your newsfeeds. Here's why.

Massachusetts is still recovering from a major snowstorm that dumped over 2 feet of snow in some communities at the end of last weekend. But forecasters say the state might be in for another significant snowstorm just a week later.

A bomb cyclone is a name that was given to the atmospheric process of 'explosive cyclogenesis' and is used to describe a quickly and deeply strengthening storm. It has also been referred to as 'bombogenesis.'