The Polar Vortex is returning. What's its role for winter?
The polar vortex is returning, and it is stronger than normal over the Arctic.
The polar vortex is returning, and it is stronger than normal over the Arctic.
A stronger-than-normal polar vortex is taking shape over the North Pole. That might sound like a recipe for a brutally cold winter, but it isn't that simple.
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