A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of the continental United States bringing a hazardous freeze to millions of Americans from the Deep South to the Northeast Saturday going into next week.
Portland was forecasted to be about 6 degrees below normal Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
A lobe of the polar vortex will arrive in the United States this weekend, bringing the lowest temperatures in years and snow and ice to the East and Deep South.
A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close.
The eastern two-thirds of the U.S. is dealing with bone-chilling cold temperatures and wind chills, forecasters said. Temperatures could be 12 to 25 degrees (7
About 63 million people in the U.S. were under some kind of winter weather advisory, watch or warning on Sunday.
The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... a weather service meteorologist based in Gray, Maine. The cold air was expected to grip the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Georgia ...
The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... a weather service meteorologist based in Gray, Maine. The cold was expected to grip the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Georgia ...
A new blast of Arctic air sweeping from north to south will bring bone-chilling temperatures to millions of Americans this weekend and next week.
Over 120 million Americans will face extreme cold, with temperatures potentially reaching minus 40 degrees Celsius. Meteorologists warn that it will be colder than in Greenland. Due to the frigid weather,
Dozens of US states will endure the lowest temperatures they have felt in years next week as a polar vortex brings 'life-threatening' cold. Here's how you can stay safe in these harsh conditions.