As many as 17,000 people were left without power in Scotland on Wednesday as a “weather bomb” hit Britain with winds of up to 80 miles per hour and 40-foot waves, the Independent reported.

A “weather bomb” is a meteorological phenomenon known as explosive cyclogenesis, which forms when the pressure center of a storm falls by more than more than 24 millibars in 24 hours.

This occurs when cold, dry air from the stratosphere feeds into an area of low pressure. This causes air within the depression to rise quickly and greatly increases its rotation, generating a more powerful storm

The Met Office has raised its warning for Scotland’s Western and Northern Isles to amber, or ‘be prepared’, status. Yellow alerts are in place for other parts of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. The storm is expected to cause “four days of chaos” in Britain, according to a report in the Evening Standard.

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