VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Looking ahead to next week, a major arctic blast is expected to settle into Hampton Roads and Mid-Atlantic. The region will likely deal with the coldest weather so far this winter season.

As more Arctic air masses flow into the WOWK-TV region, you have undoubtedly heard the term “Polar Vortex” brought up in the conversation. But what is it? Definition: The polar vortex is a flow of wind aloft that is always present above the cold,

A blast of Arctic air is set to cover much of the United States with temperatures below freezing starting on Friday and into next week, impacting millions of Americans in nearly all of the contiguous states.

Snow and winds are likely to trigger flight cancellations and cause headaches for people traveling to DC for Inauguration Day.

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 polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... Hundreds of car accidents were reported in Virginia, Indiana, Kansas and Kentucky, where a state trooper was treated for non-life ...

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,

Frigid air that escaped the Arctic is plunging temperatures to subfreezing levels in some of the southernmost points of the U.S.

Some 60 million people are under weather alerts across 30 states. Seven of them have declared emergencies: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Arkansas

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... Hundreds of car accidents were reported in Virginia, Indiana, Kansas and Kentucky, where a state trooper was treated for non-life ...

Cold wind chills from the polar vortex will follow a few more changes of snow in the Northern Virginia region in the next few days. The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook in Northern Virginia and other parts of the D.

Nearly 150 “Welcome to West Virginia” signs greet the thousands of visitors and West Virginians coming across the state border every day and tell them who the governor is. But have you ever wondered what happens to those signs when a new governor comes in?