As the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region faces heavy snow and strong winds, thousands remain without power in Michigan.

“As the cold air passes over the unfrozen and relatively warm waters of the Great Lakes, warmth and moisture are transferred into the lowest portion of the atmosphere. The air rises, clouds form and grow into narrow band that produces 2 to 3 inches of snow per hour or more,” the NWS says.

An intense storm system swept through the Midwest and Northeast U.S., causing blizzard conditions, tornadoes and a rare seiche.

A blizzard warning is in effect for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as a bomb cyclone — a rapidly intensifying winter storm — crosses the Great Lakes.

As a rare bomb cyclone slams Michigan, Consumers Energy has mobilized more than 400 crews statewide to respond to weather-related power outages as quickly and s

Satellite imagery showed the formation of the eye of Tropical Cyclone Hayley ahead of making landfall in Western Australia on Tuesday0.The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Cyclone Hayley made landfall near the northern Dampier Peninsula as a Severe Category 3 system,

While hurricanes are fueled by warm ocean waters, bomb cyclones are "cold-core" systems. They are typically triggered when a cold air mass from the north collides with a warm, moist air mass, creating a sharp temperature gradient that provides the energy for the storm to deepen quickly.

Veteran environmental activist Hemantha Withanage of Sri Lankan NGO the Center for Environmental Justice has been a regular presence at United Nations climate conferences for years, repeatedly calling for compensation for countries in the Global South severely impacted by climate change-related disasters.