Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

Abnormal weather events and severe winter storms could be caused by a disrupted polar vortex. Find out here how the polar vortex affects the weather.

Abnormal weather events and severe winter storms could be caused by a disrupted polar vortex. Find out here how the polar vortex affects the weather.

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

The "freak event" that shut down schools, government offices and businesses was a result of an expansion in the polar vortex — likely the second-coldest air mass on record to hit South Louisiana ...

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A mass of air called the polar vortex has escaped the Arctic and plunged southward. Some scientists see the fingerprints of climate change.

Texas was hit with freezing temperatures related to the polar vortex in 2021, with winter storms leaving millions without power. Louisiana Weather ...

A lobe of the polar vortex will arrive in the United States this weekend, bringing the lowest temperatures in years and snow and ice to the East and Deep South.

A weakened jet stream within the polar vortex allows frigid air from the Artic to move further south than usual. Presley Bo Tyler is a reporter for the Louisiana Deep South Connect Team.