New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- A winter storm that is intensifying into a bomb cyclone is hammering the northeastern part of the US, with multiple states grappling with heavy snowfall and associated disruptions.

As per CNN, currently more than 55 million people across the US, or over 16% of the country's population, are under winter weather warnings.

Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect for several parts of northeastern US, including areas in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and New York.

In some parts of the northeast, snowfall has risen to a rate of an inch an hour, threatening to blanket entire communities.

CNN also reported that St Louis had broken a record for snowfall set nearly a cen...