Artic cold blasts region

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The frigid temperature that our area is experiencing is part of an arctic blast called a polar vortex that reportedly has broken records across the country. Meteorologists say the cold blast of air will likely be the coldest to hit the lower 48 states this winter, possibly reaching as far south as the tip of the Florida peninsula, with temperatures dropping to as low as 50 degrees below normal in parts of the country. The National Weather Service predicte