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 big picture: A powerful Arctic outbreak tied partly to the polar vortex is set to send temperatures tumbling down to as cold as 25 to 35 degrees Fahrenheit below average for mid-January,

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 off its icy effects.

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 ...

However, a deep freeze, thanks to the polar vortex dipping down from Siberia, is bringing an even harsher arctic blast to million Americans this week. Maps show what to expect as the cold front ...

DALLAS — (AP) — An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the expected arrival of freezing rain and snow, as some other parts of the country that already received an ...

DALLAS (AP) — An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow even as some other parts of the U.S. hit by the plunging polar vortex ...

The D.C. area continues to face frigid temperatures this week as a cold spell stretches over the region and most of the southern East Coast.

(AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south ... with districts in Indiana, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas ...

The polar vortex is a stream of cold air that normally spins ... which canceled classes Wednesday for a third-straight day, and the Virginia capital, Richmond, which was still under a weather-related water-boil advisory until at least Friday.

WASHINGTON — Get ready for extreme cold weather in D.C. and most of the U.S. over the next few days. The polar vortex has shifted, spilling cold air across the U.S. with below freezing temperatures and subzero wind chills.

(AP) — The plunging polar vortex ... Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri, according to the tracking website PowerOutage.us. In Virginia’s capital, Richmond, a weather ...