The plunging polar vortex brought subfreezing temperatures Tuesday ... according to electric utility tracking website PowerOutage.us. In Virginia’s capital, Richmond, a weather-related power outage caused a temporary malfunction in the water system ...

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.

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 blame for the increasing frequency of the polar vortex extending its icy grip.

That system is expected to push northeastward by Friday with a mix of heavy snow and freezing rain forecast from southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas all the way to the Virginia and North ...

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 arctic ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 this week began to shake off its icy effects.

Temperatures are projected to remain frigid in Hampton Roads, with highs only reaching the 20s on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

As a polar vortex is set to plummet temperatures in the Tri-State area, these warming centers are an option for people in need of shelter.

A major cold blast is in store for millions of Americans as a lobe of a polar vortex will bring brutally cold temperatures to nearly every American east of the Rockies.

As more Arctic air masses flow into the WOWK-TV region, you have undoubtedly heard the term “Polar Vortex” brought up in the conversation. But what is it? Definition: