A winter weather advisory for Columbus, Franklin County and other central Ohio counties is in effect from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. Thursday.

Meteorologists had predicted that parts of the U.S. would experience the 10th and coldest polar vortex event this season. Weather forces in the Arctic are pushing chilly air that usually stays near the North Pole into the U.S. and Europe.

A lobe of the polar vortex, a ring of freezing air typically found near the North Pole, will once again move into the central and eastern states this week, bringing some of the coldest air of the winter season so far — and even helping fuel yet another ...

According to analysis of preliminary observation data, the 2024-25 winter was on track to be the coolest winter since 2021 but still ranked in the top half of warmest winter seasons on record.

The cause of this week's freezing cold is the polar vortex, a large area of low pressure, cold air around the Earth's poles. The vortex exists year-round but during the winter it can expand into ...

Harsh cold descended on the nation's midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 15 people, including at least 12 in Kentucky and one in West Virginia who died from flooding from heavy rains.

Flood warnings remain in effect across Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Virginia, and Ohio. Frigid cold temperatures expected as polar vortex sweeps across U.S. after deadly weekend flooding In Atlanta, a person died ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Harsh cold descended on the nation’s midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies ... Virginia and Ohio. In Nebraska, where much of the state was under a ...

Harsh cold descended on the nation's midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and ... West Virginia, Virginia and Ohio. In Nebraska, where much of the state was under a winter ...