Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter, the website reports. And a ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

JERUSALEM, July 11 (Xinhua) -- An international research group has found that extreme cold snaps in the United States are driven by disruptions in a high-altitude Arctic air mass called the polar ...

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

January is shaping up to be the coldest in a decade as the polar vortex dips south across the eastern half of the United States — shocking a nation that has enjoyed an unusually balmy end of the ...

The United States is currently experiencing an intense cold front linked to the so-called Arctic “polar vortex”. The icy air that has particularly affected the central and eastern United ...

The polar vortex is coming back. After a half-month hiatus, frigid air will again surge across the United States beginning this weekend through next week, as the unusually cold blob of air dips ...

The United States has been at the epicenter of the planet’s most unusually cold conditions early in 2025. The polar vortex is to blame.

A polar vortex is currently hitting the United States, with schools closed in many parts of the country and at least four reported deaths caused by treacherous conditions. Heavy snow falls as a ...

Extreme weather is sweeping across the United States. Last week, the polar vortex peaked, bringing freezing temperatures to much of the country.

After the January 2025 freeze, the polar vortex can have an impact on Houston forecasts and across the United States. ... The polar vortex was in play during the 2021 February freeze, ...