According to the National Weather Service, a polar vortex will impact most of the country this weekend, here is what you need to know.
A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of the continental US bringing winter storm warnings and a hazardous freeze to millions.
A polar vortex is currently hitting the United States, with schools closed in many areas and at least four deaths caused by treacherous conditions.
The most unusually cold air in the Northern Hemisphere will be over the United States early next week, bringing dangerously frigid conditions.
People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says.
A series of cold fronts the last few weeks has kept Florida downright chilly, as another winter storm starts to take aim this weekend
Despite a cold start to the day, most of the U.S. will experience seasonably mild temperatures on Thursday. However, dangerous changes are on the way as a polar vortex tightens its grip on the nation as sends temperatures tumbling below freezing starting this weekend.
Americans were bracing Thursday for frigid temperatures that forecasters said could produce life-threatening conditions, with Donald Trump's inauguration expected to be the coldest in 40 years.
State Climatologist Jay Grymes said there could be lows of 20 degrees across the state between Monday and Wednesday and the National Weather Service (NWS) has said Baton Rouge could see its first snowfall in seven years. Newsweek has contacted the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for comment.
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.
Donald Trump delivered his first inaugural address amid light rain showers in 2017. Snow flurries gave way to breaks in the clouds for Joe Biden’s 2021 swearing-in. Trump’s second inauguration in 2025 will be held indoors due to the brutally cold conditions predicted in Washington.