A rapidly developing severe storm, technically defined as one in which barometric pressure at the center of the storm drops by at least 24 millibars over a 24-hour period at or north of 60° latitude.
many houses could face water damage if more weather bombs arrive
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- A fully fledged weather bomb is raging outside which has made our semi-sheltered spot extra popular.
- Video shows the moment when lightning struck a wind turbine during the so-called weather bomb on Wednesday.
- About three metres of his yard disappeared during the 2010 weather bomb.
- The alert comes after satellites revealed the weather bomb - a deep low pressure system - developing near Iceland.
- A Nasa astronaut has captured the moment the powerful weather bomb storm swept over the UK, posting the image on Twitter.