People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, a meteorologist says.

A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast early Monday, prompting schools and government offices in several states to close.

A lobe of the polar vortex will arrive in the United States this weekend, bringing the lowest temperatures in years and snow and ice to the East and Deep South.

Join Emily Pike as she details the forecast beyond the weekend.

The eastern two-thirds of the U.S. is dealing with bone-chilling cold temperatures and wind chills, forecasters said. Temperatures could be 12 to 25 degrees (7

snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept an area stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the coast of Maine in its frigid grip, making many roads ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole ... a weather service meteorologist based in Gray, Maine. The cold air was expected to grip the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Georgia, with temperatures dropping into the low ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... a weather service meteorologist based in Gray, Maine. The cold air was expected to grip the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Georgia ...

The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... a weather service meteorologist based in Gray, Maine. The cold was expected to grip the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Georgia ...

Over 120 million Americans will face extreme cold, with temperatures potentially reaching minus 40 degrees Celsius. Meteorologists warn that it will be colder than in Greenland. Due to the frigid weather,

Dozens of US states will endure the lowest temperatures they have felt in years next week as a polar vortex brings 'life-threatening' cold. Here's how you can stay safe in these harsh conditions.