An Arctic blast is set to hit most of the U.S. this weekend and into next week as the polar vortex pushes frigid temperatures ...

Abnormal weather events and severe winter storms could be caused by a disrupted polar vortex. Find out here how the polar vortex affects the weather.

The week began with a biting cold snap that hammered much of the U.S., the product of a jet stream that slips out of its ...

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This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity: Texas Standard: With this polar vortex hitting Texas, as well as other parts of the country, it makes sense that natural gas prices might be moving ...

Parts of all states in the Lower 48 woke up to subfreezing temperatures Tuesday due to a weather pattern that will keep arctic air in place across the eastern half of the country at least until the ...

Basically, the term polar vortex describes a large area of low pressure and cold air that usually sits at both of the Earth’s poles, according to the National Weather Service. It becomes ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole, but it sometimes plunges southward into the U.S., Europe and Asia. Studies show that a fast-warming Arctic is partly to ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies ...

Cold temperatures raise concerns about energy use and heat, potentially causing natural gas to spike ... pressure changes of the polar vortex are bringing Arctic air southwards.