Record-Breaking Cold Enters The U.S. + The Great Climate Retreat

The Florida Panhandle is under a Winter Storm Watch. Historic snowstorm forecast in New Orleans—largest in 130 years.

Record Cold Enters The U.S.

An all-encompassing Arctic blast is plunging 300 million Americans into bitter cold as the 'polar vortex' 'breaks loose'.

This extreme cold, driven by a violent buckling of the jet stream, is ushering in temperatures some 30F below normal across much of the country—on course to hold all week. The biting chill is being accompanied by snow and thick ice, meaning vast regions of the Midwest, South, and East Coast are grappling with dangerous conditions.