The coldest place in Asia is Oymyakon, a rural locality in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia. It is often referred to as the "Pole of Cold" for the Northern Hemisphere due to its record ...

“A lot of the symptoms we experience when we have a cold are due to our immune response, and not the virus itself,” explains Dr Lindsay Broadbent, a lecturer in virology at the University of ...

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Gusty winds could bring down tree branches. “Do not travel unless necessary!” the NWS said. The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually stays penned up around the North Pole, spinning like a top. But ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole. People in the U.S., Europe and Asia experience its intense cold when the vortex escapes and stretches south. Studies show a ...

Chile's President Gabriel Boric has become the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole, after arriving at a US base there. The president said his visit to the Amundsen-Scott South ...

There's no cure for the common cold, but there are self-care steps you can take that may help you or your child get over a cold a little more quickly. Rest, home remedies, and over-the-counter (OTC) ...

THOMPSON AVENUE, DUE T A stretch of Route 72 in Lebanon County was closed due to a pole and wires down in the roadway, according to emergency dispatch. The electrical hazard was reported in the ...

The new year is getting off to a dangerously cold start as millions of Americans across the eastern half of the U.S. prepare to be blasted by rounds of frigid arctic air that are expected to send ...

Data shown only for the contiguous United States. By The New York Times By Nazaneen Ghaffar Cold air seeped south of the Canadian border and into the United States on Friday, the start of what the ...

President Joe Biden plans to create two new national monuments in California in the coming days, according to two people briefed on the announcement, aiming to cement his environmental legacy ...

Videos of lightning appearing to strike the Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol Building and Empire State Building took over social media on New Year’s Eve. But did it really happen? Dozens of ...