The point of impact for the "atmospheric river" over the Pacific Ocean has moved southward, meaning inland flooding concerns for Oregon have decreased over the past day.

A powerful winter storm brewing near the Pacific Northwest known as a bomb cyclone is dragging an atmospheric river.

A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term - bomb cyclone. Bomb cyclone is a term used by weather enthusiasts to describe a process that meteorologists usually call bombogenesis.

A huge storm is predicted to hit Washington, Oregon, and California this week linked to atmospheric river weather systems.

A powerful bomb cyclone associated with a major atmospheric river is forecast to blast the West Coast, from Washington to California, by midweek, packing threats of high winds, snow and rain.