During World War II, the U.S. got a taste of what a war in the Arctic could look like. In the Battle of Attu, the Japanese army took the Aleutian island of Attu in Alaska and the 7th Infantry Division ...

An Arctic air mass descending into the U.S. has brought such frigid temperatures to some states that one major city broke a 150-year-old daily low temperature record by 5 degrees on Monday. Cold ...

Arctic air has returned, bringing subfreezing temperatures and the potential for snow to at least 40 states. This blast of cold is moving swiftly across the country, with wind chills in some areas ...

In Montana's Carter, Custer and Fallon Counties, the NWS said "dangerously cold" wind chills as low as 45 below were occurring. Portions of central, north central, northwest, and west central ...

SAN ANTONIO - An Extreme Cold Warning in effect through Thursday as an Arctic blast pushes through the San Antonio area and the rest of Texas. Temperatures plunged dramatically, as it went from 70 ...

A bitter blast of Arctic air – which is related to the polar vortex – is roaring south across the central U.S. Tuesday, bringing with it record-cold temperatures and "dangerously" low wind chills.

Heat-related deaths typically get headlines, but a new study raises concerns about the number and characteristis of people ...

Women display greater metabolic efficiency than men during Arctic expeditions when energy expenditure is calculated relative to total weight carried. Despite burning 5,000-7,500 calories daily in ...

Editor's note: To submit a school closure or delay, please email the A-J newsroom at [email protected] Just days ago, Lubbock and the South Plains enjoyed warm, spring-like temperatures. But ...