As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of ...

Polar Vortex collapse set to send temperatures plunging in the US and Canada - The weather event could unleash extreme winter conditions and disrupt travel ...

A late cold snap could affect the UK, due to a polar vortex collapse that is likely to cause extreme winter conditions across North America and Canada.

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.

Winter weather lingers as a major shift in the weather pattern could have millions across the United States once again ...

Meteorologists also project a few rainy days ahead, which should aid in relieving areas of New England experiencing weak to ...

Winter isn't over just yet. A major shift in the weather pattern could have millions across the United States once again reaching for their winter coats later this month before milder springlike air ...

Hidden in the stormy Furious Fifties, the South Sandwich Islands generate spectacular cloud formations. Winds sweeping past ...

Learn more about polar vortex collapse - the weather phenomenon likely to cause cold snap across much of UK in coming weeks ...

The polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air circulating around the poles in the stratosphere — a layer in the atmosphere hovering between 7.5 and 31 miles (12 and 50 kilometers ...