Here's the latest on the winter storm. A historic winter storm is poised to produce potentially record-breaking snows from ...

An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow even as some ...

Such cold air blasts have become known as the polar vortex. It’s a long-established weather term that’s become mainstream as its technical meaning changed a bit on the way. What it really ...

While the term "polar vortex" might seem like a new phenomenon, the phrase has only recently become popularized in weather forecasts, especially when it reaches into the southern plains states ...

Historically low temperatures could affect several regions, according to weather forecasts. This cold wave, fueled by large-scale pressure changes and a disruption of the polar vortex, is expected to ...

The United States has been experiencing severe winter storms, which is likely to affect more than 60 million ... is caused by the expansion of the polar vortex – an area of extremely cold ...

In short, the answer is the polar vortex. But what does that mean? The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persist through sometime in spring ...

In 2021, the polar vortex prompted widespread power outages across Texas, resulting in rolling blackouts and leading to the deaths of 246 people. The effects of the polar vortex are expected to ...

When this vortex weakens, it can send frigid air from the Arctic southward, bringing dangerously cold temperatures to mid-latitude regions like the southern United States. The effects of the polar ...

Much of the country will be hit with extreme low temperatures over the next week as a polar vortex sends cold air down from the North Pole. Real feel temperatures throughout the northeast ...