Erin Davis/Axios Visuals All of Virginia will be freezing early this week. Why it matters: The hazardous cold could be a public health risk, threaten to burst pipes, and stress electricity grids. The ...

Imagine the polar vortex as a giant, icy whirlpool far above the Earth, keeping frigid Arctic air contained near the north ...

The most unusually cold air in the Northern Hemisphere will be over the United States early next week, bringing dangerously ...

RELATED: Polar vortex is bringing bitterly cold temps to ... At this time, the areas most likely to see snowfall are southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina—regions that typically ...

An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow even as some parts of the U.S. hit by the plunging polar vortex this week began to shake ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole, but it sometimes escapes and plunges southward into the U.S., Europe and Asia. Studies show a fast-warming Arctic is partly to ...

It looks like it could get even colder heading into next week. Within the last decade, the phrase 'polar vortex' has become popularized in the weather world. In fact, you may have heard it getting ...

Two substantial storm systems may form as the polar vortex moves south. The first system is expected to form near the Mid-Atlantic coast on Sunday, bringing accumulating snow from Virginia to Maine.

A developing winter storm is threatening to drop snow, sleet and freezing rain on parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas ...