A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies in its frigid grip,

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,

It's predicted that the temperature will drop to 25 degrees Fahrenheit, but the wind chill will make it feel like 8 degrees Fahrenheit. Extreme conditions in many states According to the "Washington Post,

Illinois, Montana and Wyoming. According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole ...

Much of the U.S. is being blasted by ice, snow and wind, as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend is keeping an area stretching from the Rocky

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri, according to electric utility tracking website PowerOutage.us. In Virginia’s capital ...

More than 300,000 customers were without power early Monday across Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri ... time in the snow. The polar vortex of ultra-cold air ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri, according to electric utility tracking website PowerOutage.us. In Virginia’s capital ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois and Missouri, according to electric utility tracking website PowerOutage.us.

Erin Davis/Axios Visuals An invasion of frigid air from the Arctic is sweeping south from the Plains and Ohio Valley Sunday, moving towards the Southeast and East. Threat level: The colder-than-average temperatures threatens public health for those exposed to the wind and cold,

A dangerous and potentially life-threatening stretch of cold weather has much of the U.S. on alert as a lobe of the polar vortex invades the nation and sends temperatures tumbling to levels not seen in years.