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An 8-year-old girl in Boynton Beach, Florida, died on Monday due to injuries she sustained after reportedly taking the YouTube 'Hot Water Challenge.'
The polar vortex is a whirling cone of low pressure over the poles that's strongest in the winter months due to the increased temperature contrast between the polar regions and the mid-latitudes ...
The incident was apparently part of a "game" called the "hot water challenge" in which an unsuspecting victim has boiling water thrown on them. 11-year-old girl disfigured after 'friends' pour ...
'Chicago Beach Keeps Locals Warm During Polar Vortex' – video new report from Voice of America. Chicago river frozen during 2019 polar vortex February 1, 2019. In the Chicago area, temperatures plummeted as low as −23 °F (−31 °C) at O'Hare International Airport on January 30, with a windchill of −52 °F (−47 °C).
The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere each have a polar jet around their respective polar vortex at around 30,000 ft (5.7 mi; 9.1 km) above sea level and typically travelling at around 110 mph (180 km/h) although often considerably faster. [2] Closer to the equator and somewhat higher and somewhat weaker is a subtropical jet. [2]
The event occurred in early 2014 and was caused by a southward shift of the North Polar Vortex. Record-low temperatures also extended well into March. On January 2, an Arctic cold front initially associated with a nor'easter tracked across Canada and the United States, resulting in heavy snowfall in some areas. Temperatures fell to ...
The polar vortex played a role in the extreme winter weather outbreak that struck Texas in February 2021, UN weather experts said. “We did have a sudden stratospheric warming in January ...
When the polar vortex is strong, the mid-latitude Westerlies (winds at the surface level between 30° and 60° latitude from the west) increase in strength and are persistent. When the polar vortex is weak, high-pressure zones of the mid-latitudes may push poleward, moving the polar vortex, jet stream, and polar front equatorward. The jet ...