In USA, bomb cyclone has become a phenomenon, causing skin exposed to it for 30 minutes to freeze. Midwest and East coast USA are facing extremely low temperatures followed by bomb cyclone or bombogenesis. The storm has already taken a death toll of 18, with traffic related accidents in North Carolina and Texas.
With temperatures as low as -42 degree Celsius, flight
services were impacted besides also causing power shortage. This Bomb cyclone
is caused when warm air and cold air meet, forming a rotating storm, resulting
in pressure getting deepened ultimately. When the pressure drops to below 24
millibars, it gets termed as a bomb cyclone.
Florida and many places could even witness frozen iguanas and
lizards, and in Gulf of Mexico impacted sea turtles to float making them
exposed as a prey for bigger animals. Atlantic white shark conservancy of
Massachusetts let out 3 sharks after seeing them shocked by the cold, while Calgary zoo of Canada started moving its penguins.
