A low pressure system currently causing heavy rain over the Northern Territory could develop into a tropical cyclone near the Pilbara coast later this week.

AccuWeather predicts the total damage and economic loss from this single event will land between $13 billion and $15 billion

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.

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

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."

A weekend East Coast storm could bring significant snow, strong winds and coastal flooding from the Carolinas to New England.

(THE CONVERSATION) A bomb cyclone is a large, intense midlatitude storm that has low pressure at its center, weather fronts and an array of associated weather, from blizzards to severe thunderstorms to heavy precipitation.

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.'