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

A strengthening bomb cyclone is barreling across the northern United States, unleashing severe winter weather in the Midwest and aiming at the East Coast

“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.

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

Travel is probably going to be not just hazardous, but almost impossible across a large area of Michigan when this storm hits Sunday night and into Monday.

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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.