Spring may have technically sprung in the Northern Hemisphere, but the lingering impact of the collapsing polar vortex could ...

While cold temperatures and snow are not at all unexpected in many parts of the world, they are quite rare in others. In ...

The strong winds from Storm Franklin ... were published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment. The polar vortex is an atmospheric circulation pattern that sits high above the ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense ...

Scientists believe deadly Arctic winds were to blame for a series of savage storms that wreaked havoc in Britain over just a ...

Scientists have issued a warning to weather forecasters about a weather phenomenon that increases the risk of "damaging ...

Scientists have revealed the cause of three huge storms that battered the UK in space of a week in 2022. An "intense swirling ...

with record wind gusts for England of 122mph recorded at the Needles on the Isle of Wight. Researchers note that February was also characterised by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex ...

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused three deadly storms in the UK and Ireland, which brought severe flooding and record wind speeds. Four people lost their lives ...

The storms were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.

New research has found that 'once in a decade' storms such as Eunice, Dudley and Franklin were all connected to an 'intense swirling vortex' miles above the Arctic.