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The nor’easter about to tear up the U.S. East Coast with near-hurricane-force winds and fast-falling snow — as much as 10 inches of it in New York and more in Boston — is almost certain to intensify so rapidly that it will meet the definition of a bomb cyclone as it roars north. The technical term is “bombogenesis,” and it means the central pressure of a storm, a measure of its power, drops by at least 24 millibars in 24 hours.Credit Bloomberg Quicktake: Now