Washington DC: A Foot Of Snow From Polar Vortex

By Douglas McIntyre  •  January 24, 2026

Washington will be hit with over a foot of snow. The metro area has four million people. Climate change is a trigger. The change in the polar vortex is due to the rate of Arctic warming. And, the storm will cost both snow removal budgets and airlines. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief of Climatecrisis247, explains.

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