Polar vortex brings record-breaking cold to US

The US will shiver this week in a 'once-in-a-generation' deep freeze.

The most extreme arctic blasts, caused by a spinning pool of cold air known as the polar vortex, could bring temperatures as low as -53C (-64F).

BBC Weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker explains what the polar vortex is.

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