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What is a bomb cyclone? News 12's Allan Nosoff explains

You've probably been hearing the terms bombogenesis and bomb cyclone ahead of the snowstorm. News 12 meteorologist Allan Nosoff breaks down just exactly what that means.

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Jan 28, 2022, 7:13 PM

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Updated 1,250 days ago

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