Midwest

CHICAGO — A breakdown in the polar vortex sent life-threatening blast of arctic air to more than 216 million people in the US Midwest and parts of the Northeast. Thousands of flights have been canceled. Schools were...

CHICAGO – “Chi-beria”, “snowpocalypse”, polar vortex, and now “snowperball” are some of the trending words in Illinois as the Midwest continues to experience the biggest snowfall of the season.” Over 2,000 flights have been cancelled and...

CHICAGO – Today is the first significant snowfall this year in Chicago. What is usually felt in January is happening right now – high 20s and low 30s. And to top it all off, there is...

A thick blast of arctic air is dropping into America’s midsection and South this week, bringing with it mid-winter temperatures. Parts of America are experiencing their coldest November since 2000, with subzero temperatures expected in at...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Nov. 10, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – For our kapamilyas in the upper Midwest region of the country, it’s time to bundle up. The coldest air of the...

By Connie Macatula De Leon, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Sept. 5, 2014 CHICAGO, Ill. – Seven years after the Great Recession began, the unemployment rate rises at 6.2 percent with almost 10 million jobless people living...

By Connie Macatula-De Leon Feb. 27, 2014 OSWEGO, Ill. – As many as 180 million people in various parts of the upper Midwest are going to have to brave through wicked weather as the polar vortex...