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US suffers record-breaking cold: What's going on with the polar vortex?

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The U.S. is experiencing record-breaking cold and heavy snow this week as another winter storm sweeps across several central and eastern states.

Wind chills will likely reach as far south as southern Texas , Arkansas , western Tennessee and Kentucky .

The latest storm is the last in a back-to-back " February frenzy" of winter storms, AccuWeather says.

The polar vortex has stretched for the 10th time this winter .

Some studies suggest Arctic warming might be disrupting the polar vortex.

Global temperatures are warming around four times faster in the Arctic than in the rest of the world.

The jury is still out on whether humans are altering the vortex through climate change.

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