A collapse in the polar vortex is letting Artic air come here. What that means, and why it happens.

A severe winter storm that brought crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. in late January 2026 ...

The North Pole is surrounded by a massive circular upper-air weather phenomenon in the Arctic called the polar vortex. It is ...

Meteorologists warn that a stretched polar vortex could bring severe winter weather to much of the United States.

The meteorologists said the polar vortex system is set up due north of Michigan over Canada's Hudson Bay. It's at least ...

Starting Thursday, dangerously frigid air from Siberia and the North Pole is forecast to plunge the Great Lakes region into ...

Much of the nation east of the Rocky Mountains is hunkered down for what could be the worst winter storm of the season.

As the U.S. prepares to take on another bout of cold weather, the term "polar vortex" is getting thrown around. But what is ...

Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather.

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

A dramatic blast of cold air may be coming for the United States in late January, courtesy of the polar vortex. Here's what ...