FARGO, N.D., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A blast of frigid Arctic air is about to give 200 million people a wake-up call that winter is coming.
The polar vortex — the coldest air in the Northern hemisphere which usually sits atop the globe — is about to become dislodged by what's left of Super Typhoon Nuri as it heads for Alaska, and sweep south, plunging great swathes of the US and Canada into the big chill.