The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America's winter of repeated polar vortex invasions, meteorologists warn. It will stay frozen there all ...

There are more ways than we knew for the stratospheric polar vortex to get disrupted, shooting cold air southwards across ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter, the website reports. And a ...

The mechanism involves atmospheric waves that bounce between the upper atmosphere and ground level, amplifying weather patterns and making them more extreme. Scientists call this “stratospheric wave ...

Every year, weather enthusiasts eagerly watch and wait for signs that the polar vortex, a mass of cold air spinning around the Arctic, might meander south, sending cold and snow into the lower ...

Since the Ice Ages, the Polar Vortex has acted as a climatic gatekeeper. When breached, it unleashes freezing air into regions unprepared for it. This decade, those breaches are becoming more frequent ...

The polar vortex could be reversing in a sudden stratospheric warming event, with the potential to send Arctic air and storms to the central and eastern U.S.

Pay raises approved unanimously by the Kansas Board of Regents range from 4% to 12%.

The termination notice the state received from the federal government reasoned that the grant “no longer effectuates the department’s priorities for its grant funding.” ...

The 2026 World Cup in Kansas City will bring fans, a big economic impact and global attention to Overland Park and Johnson County in the KC metro.

An aircraft has crashed near the New Century airport, according to the Johnson County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Office. Injuries were reported.