Bitter cold has descended on swathes of the US this week, as the nation faces its 10th – and coldest – polar vortex of the ...

The system, known as a polar vortex, is forecast to bring subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South. And it looks as if we may get more arctic blasts in the coming ...

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A dangerous and potentially life-threatening stretch of cold weather has much of the U.S. on alert as a lobe of the polar vortex invades the nation and sends temperatures tumbling to levels not ...

And if the polar vortex is to blame. First, a quick refresher on the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a region of very strong winds that form a circle around the North Pole. The vortex is located ...

A polar vortex will plunge the GTA into a deep freeze until Wednesday, Environment Canada says. "Be prepared for very cold conditions. Temperatures may be colder than those that have been seen the ...

According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, during the winter season.

The snow-covered Peace Monument outside the Capitol on Feb. 12. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) ...

Victoria is the oldest of four polar bears kept at the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park. At the grand old age of 28 her keepers say she has reached the stage in her life when ...