While a winter storm and ice storm are both wintertime hazards, the impacts can be very different. A winter storm is when heavy snow is expected. The National Weather Service (NWS) may issue a ...

Health psychologist Dr. Kari Leibowitz traveled to some of the coldest, darkest places on earth to learn how people there don’t just survive, but thrive in winter. She says that one of the key ...

Washing your car during winter may seem pointless because of all the ice, sleet, and snow that’s still falling outside, but it’s actually pretty necessary. Below, we break down why it’s ...

As millions of Americans cope with severe winter weather spread across the country, experts say to watch out for health and safety dangers that go along with frigid temperatures and snow.

The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America’s winter of repeated polar vortex invasions, meteorologists warn. And it will stay frozen there ...

Forecasters said the snow that fell in the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday was dry and fluffy to the north of Washington, D.C., but heavier and wetter to the south. Why is this? Air temperature is the ...

If falling asleep has been harder since the weather got cold, then you might have a case of “winter insomnia.” This is a sleep issue that crops up in the chillier months, and it can make it ...

As the Midwest and Northeast dig out from back-to-back winter storms, new systems are building and are expected to dump more snow from the middle of the country to the East Coast this week.

It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and for many people that means having the spotlight on your body’s largest organ—skin. In cold climates the skin can become substantially drier ...

It is indelicately called winter vomiting disease, and it begins suddenly, often with an explosive vomit that then repeats itself. Norovirus can cause abdominal pain and diarrhea at the same time ...

Image One of the few opportunities to see the Piazza San Marco without throngs of tourists is in the heart of winter, at night. Image The colonnade near the Campo San Francesco della Vigna ...

Winter was, unfortunately, just taking a quick nap, and now it has woken back up as cold air returns once again. If you were taken in by the promise of spring with the recent mild weather and warm ...