On the evening of Christmas 1776, Gen. George Washington surprised the King's forces by leading the Continental Army in a ...

Mathew Barlow has received federal funding for research on extreme events and also conducts legal consulting related to climate change.. Judah Cohen does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The sudden blast may come as a shock to many Americans after a mostly mild start ...

A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East. By Eric Niiler If the planet is getting ...

In The Polar Express, a doubting boy boards a magical train on Christmas Eve, which is headed for the North Pole. Adventure after adventure befall him and a little girl who becomes his friend as they ...

The annual polar plunge fundraiser hosted by the Chicago Polar Bear Club scheduled for Friday was canceled in anticipation of sub-zero temperatures set to freeze the region. The Chicago Polar Bear ...

Margaret and Marley, two female caribou, recently reunited with their old herd at the Toronto Zoo. The pair of eight-year-old caribou joined the zoo this winter after spending time at the Riverview ...

A major winter storm is impacting much of the nation east of the Rocky Mountains. The storm's intensity is caused by a combination of a stretched polar vortex, a wavy jet stream, and moisture from the ...

A severe winter storm that brought crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. in late January 2026 left a mess in states from New Mexico to New England. Hundreds of thousands ...

As the Great Lakes region braces for a predicted near-record cold this weekend, Michiganians are again cursing the dreaded "polar vortex." But what exactly is this meteorological menace? And why is it ...

RAFAH: Israel is set to partially reopen the Rafah crossing between the war-devastated Gaza Strip and Egypt on Sunday, following months of urging from humanitarian organisations, though access will be ...

Ambulances line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing on the way to the Gaza Strip (Mohamed Arafat/AP) Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt has reopened for limited traffic, a key ...