A powerful polar vortex has plunged temperatures across the Rockies and Northern Plains, with wind chills hitting minus 51°C in North Dakota. Extreme cold warnings are in effect from Canada to Texas as Arctic air sweeps southward.

Polar vortex freezes Rockies and plains with Arctic blast

Following an exceptionally warm summer, the iconic ice of the Canadian Rockies is melting at a rate that has never been seen before. As observed by scientists, during the hot spell in early July and late June the glacier was experiencing 2/3 of ice melt per week.

Heatwave causes unprecedented glacial ice melt in Canadian Rocky Mountains

A glacier-viewing bus overturned on Saturday at a popular tourist spot in the Canadian Rockies, killing three people and seriously injuring several others, news reports said.

Three dead after glacier tour bus rolls over in Canada

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