A weakened polar vortex can send Arctic air thousands of miles south, triggering extreme cold far beyond the polar regions. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This map shows 500 mb height anomalies - a view of the atmosphere about 18,000 feet up where meteorologists track large-scale ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Traffic is sparse on the snow-covered Interstate 45 near The Woodlands Parkway on Feb. 15, 2021, following an overnight snowfall ...

It was the winter weather nightmare nobody in Texas saw coming, a Lone Star catastrophe of unprecedented power outages and failed water systems and a still-rising death toll of at least two dozen. At ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The buzzword made famous from an arctic blast in 2015 is making a comeback. The polar vortex, a rotating bubble of cold air around the North Pole, is about to break off and ...

As we work our way through a new visit from the polar vortex this weekend, the electrical grid is on everyone's mind. Customers seeking generators this past week at Northern Tool and Harbor Freight in ...

If you've ever wondered why winter sometimes flips from mild to brutally cold, the answer might be hiding 20 miles above your head. That's where a rare atmospheric phenomenon called sudden ...

If you’ve ever wondered why winter sometimes flips from mild to brutally cold, the answer might be hiding 20 miles above your head. That’s where a rare atmospheric phenomenon called sudden ...