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US suffers record-breaking cold: What's going on with the polar vortex?
"An Arctic air mass is expected to plunge into the Central U.S. this week, with high confidence for widespread, ...
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Polar vortex ushers in life-threatening cold for over 90 million as far south as Florida, Texas
FOX Forecast Center / FOX Weather The polar vortex has returned to the U.S., and ... National Weather Service offices across the nation have issued Cold Weather Advisories and Extreme Cold ...
‘Life-threatening cold’ expected as polar vortex stretches across U.S. after deadly weekend flooding
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Harsh weather moved west on Monday as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern ...
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Polar vortex to bring frigid temperatures, snow and ice to millions of Americans
The level of cold may be record-breaking for some central ... There have been several polar vortex episodes across the United States this winter, with the mass of freezing air surging southward ...
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Polar Vortex 2025: Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over Brutal Cold to Hit US
According to the Severe Weather Europe website—an online resource of global weather forecasts—a mass of cold air, spurred by the polar vortex, has been forecast to move over Canada and the northern ...
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Polar Air Pushed Out
The strong polar vortex which ushered in the record cold is being replaced by a warming trend. All this week high ...
Why the U.S. has been home to Earth’s most unusually cold air this year
The United States has been at the epicenter of the planet’s most unusually cold conditions early in 2025. The polar vortex is to blame.
Icy air has descended on the US. Is the polar vortex to blame?
The easy answer is a deep southward dip in the polar jet stream that typically rings the globe at higher latitudes but is ...