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Millions of people across the U.S.
are bracing for a major winter storm.
The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings from New Mexico to New England.
Heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected as an arctic blast moves south from Canada.
NPR's Rebecca Hershers says a polar vortex will linger after the snow stops falling.
Usually, freezing cold air is trapped up in the polar regions.
The jet stream keeps the cold air trapped up there.
But when the jet stream gets weaker, cold air can escape south, deep into the continental U.S.
That's what's expected to happen next week.
Scientists are actively trying to understand whether climate change makes such events more likely.
Some studies suggest the jet stream is getting weaker as the Earth warms,
while others find no such relationship.
What is clear is that polar vortex conditions can be deadly,
especially in parts of the country that aren't accustomed to very cold weather.