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WASHINGTON — We are in the middle of a blast of extreme cold weather in D.C. The polar vortex has shifted, spilling cold air ...

When there are disturbances in which the Jet Stream weakens, it can become wobbly. This allows the cold air to plunge southwards. A disrupted polar vortex does not happen every year. Very much so what ...

It's like "bomb cyclone" or "firenado." It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the ...

This cold was certainly extraordinary, but the polar vortex event of January 2019 brought life in the northern and central United States to a frozen halt. At that time in our area, the coldest actual ...

An Arctic blast that began in the northern plains on Saturday spread bitter cold from the Rockies through the East Coast and ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...

Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures as tens of millions of residents along the East Coast contend ...

Snow and winds are likely to trigger flight cancellations and cause headaches for people traveling to DC for Inauguration Day.

These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary ...