Jason Oxenham/Getty Images(CNN) - Winds as strong as those in a tropical storm are pummeling New England on Thursday morning as a storm known as a bomb cyclone knocks out power and promises to disrupt travel in the region through the end of the workweek.
Even as rain from the bomb cyclone pushes out on Thursday, flood watches and warnings remain in place across much of New England.
Bomb cyclone breaks recordsA bomb cyclone is a storm that strengthens really fast.
To earn the title, its pressure generally must drop 24 millibars (a unit that measures pressure) within 24 hours.
The bomb cyclone is the second coastal storm to impact New England in a week.