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You've likely heard the term "polar vortex" virtually every winter since it first entered into popular culture during a bitterly cold January a decade ago. The polar vortex is a whirling cone of low ...

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The most bone-chilling blasts of cold air experienced in the United States can be blamed on a weather phenomenon that typically dominates a region nearly 3,000 miles away -- all the way north up in ...

Four decades have passed since young readers first climbed on the North Pole-bound Polar Express along with Santa and the ...

January usually brings the coldest air of the season to much of the country, and this year has seen its fair share. “The polar vortex is a core of extremely cold air that typically remains near the ...

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The vortex is strongest during the winter and usually weakens or even disappears in the summer. When the polar vortex weakens or even splits, it allows frigid air to escape and push southward toward ...