At least 38 people have died, and hundreds of thousands have been left without power in the wake of a massive pre-Christmas winter storm that swept across the United States and parts of Canada, bringing with it blizzards, flash flooding, and subfreezing temperatures.
The “once-in-a-generation” storm was created by a “bomb cyclone,“ according to forecasters, which refers to the central pressure of a low-pressure system dropping at least 24 millibars within 24 hours; meaning that a storm is intensifying quickly.
