The North Pole is surrounded by a massive circular upper-air weather phenomenon in the Arctic called the polar vortex. It is ...

As the U.S. prepares to take on another bout of cold weather, the term "polar vortex" is getting thrown around. But what is ...

Starting Thursday, dangerously frigid air from Siberia and the North Pole is forecast to plunge the Great Lakes region into ...

Meteorologists warn that a stretched polar vortex could bring severe winter weather to much of the United States ...

Have you ever seen a 'steamnado' before? The Texas winter storm caused one to appear over Lake Lewisville on Sunday.

The meteorologists said the polar vortex system is set up due north of Michigan over Canada's Hudson Bay. It's at least ...

After this weekend's snow storm moves out, cold Arctic air will move in.

Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather.

A winter storm descending on the US is expected to deliver heavy snow and ice to more than 150 million people across roughly ...

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

Much of the nation east of the Rocky Mountains is hunkered down for what could be the worst winter storm of the season.