Why Polar Vortexes Are Becoming More Common Understanding the Polar Vortex The polar vortex is like a massive whirlpool of ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The plunging polar vortex brought subfreezing temperatures Tuesday to some of the southernmost points of the U.S., threatening to dump snow on parts of Texas and Oklahoma in ...

as some other parts of the country that already received an arctic blast this week prepared to go another round with the plunging polar vortex. Arkansas' capital, Little Rock, closed schools on ...

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 ...

The polar vortex is a low-pressure system of cold air that swirls above Earth’s poles. There’s one over the South Pole in Antarctica – but for this story, we’ll be focusing on the one ...