Devastating winter storms that led to deaths and power outages across the UK and Ireland were driven by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, scientists have revealed. In ...

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused three deadly storms in the UK and Ireland, which brought severe flooding and record wind speeds. Four people lost their lives ...

were all connected to an "intense swirling vortex" miles above the Arctic. The stratospheric polar vortex is a large, spinning area of cold air around the Earth's poles, about 15 miles above the ...

Scientists have revealed the cause of three huge storms that battered the UK in space of a week in 2022. An "intense swirling vortex of winds" miles above the earth led to the deadly storms Dudley, ...