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Arctic blast to send Virginia temperatures plunging this week
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 ...
Coastal Virginia, Hampton Roads weather | Polar vortex bringing dangerously cold temps, snow chances
Temperatures are projected to remain frigid in Hampton Roads, with highs only reaching the 20s on both Tuesday and Wednesday.
Another polar vortex is coming in January 2025: What causes this weather phenomenon
Imagine the polar vortex as a giant, icy whirlpool far above the Earth, keeping frigid Arctic air contained near the north ...
The polar vortex will soon hit the U.S. See how cold it’ll get where you live
The most unusually cold air in the Northern Hemisphere will be over the United States early next week, bringing dangerously ...
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The polar vortex brings its bitter cold to the Southern U.S.
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 ...
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Polar vortex threatens to bring freezing rain and snow from Texas to Tennessee
An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the possible arrival of freezing rain and snow even as some ...
Polar vortex keeps a huge swath of the US in its frigid grip
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 ...
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Ask the Meteorologist: What is the polar vortex, and why do we care?
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 ...