The latest in a repeated pattern of winter storms is taking direct aim at the East Coast where heavy snow and some ice is ...

It may sound like a “sci-fi” B rated movie, but it is the polar vortex. This meteorological event will once again make a visit to Western New York, but fortunately it will not last very long. This ...

More than 95 million people are facing gripping cold Tuesday as a polar vortex sends temperatures plunging to record levels.

Harsh cold descended on the nation's midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 17 ...

The North Pole has unleashed "a large pool of Arctic air" that’s headed straight to the U.S., setting the stage for "record ...

The cause of this week's freezing cold is the polar vortex, a large area of low pressure, cold air around the Earth's poles.

The term “polar vortex” usually refers to the gigantic circular upper-air weather pattern in the Arctic region.

The latest winter storm is expected to affect the central Plains Tuesday before moving east into the Mid-Atlantic Wednesday, according to forecasters.

Extreme cold warnings were issued for an 11-state swath of the U.S. stretching from the Canadian border to Oklahoma and ...

An Arctic blast tied in part to the polar vortex is driving record frigid air south from the Northern Plains toward the Gulf ...