Severe storms and a potential bomb cyclone are brewing, setting up a dangerous weekend of weather across the U.S. FOX Weather Meteorologist Steve Bender breaks down the

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Snow is already falling across portions of the Northern Tier and the storm will charge east into the Great Lakes by later today.

The cyclone is expected to make landfall in Far North Queensland on Friday, March 20, before tracking westward toward the eastern Northern Territory over the weekend.

Satellite imagery recently showed what looked strikingly like a tropical cyclone barreling toward Alaska.

Storms are on the way across Pennsylvania — potentially damaging ones. The forecast calls for severe thunderstorms and strong gusts of winds, as well as a Tornado Watch for much of south-central and south-eastern Pennsylvania.

What does the weather term mean, how do the storms form and why are they so dangerous?

A rapidly intensifying storm is poised to sweep across the U.S., threatening widespread disruption for nearly 200 million people.