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How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm

  • Written by Mathew Barlow, Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
imageBoston and much of the U.S. faced a cold winter blast in January 2026.Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

A severe winter storm sweeping across the central and eastern U.S. in late January 2026 is threatening states from Texas to New England with crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow. Several governors issued states of emergency as...

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