U.S. natural gas futures jumped to their biggest gain of the new year, as strong weather-driven demand is now seen extending well beyond mid-January. Freezing weather and snow storms across the U.S. could cause massive power outages and boost natural gas demand to its highest levels of the winter,

The winter storm that has dumped snow across swaths of the country and disrupted travel hit the natural-gas markets Monday, lifting futures prices. Natural-gas futures for Febr

A wave of predictions that a polar vortex will make this January the coldest in years sent natural gas prices up this week, and experts say it could test supplies in the U.S. and Europe.

The US is bracing for a surge in natural gas demand as freezing weather and snowstorms threaten to cause widespread power outages, reported Reuters, citing energy analysts and reliability coordinators.

Natural-gas futures are tumbling following fresh forecasts that suggest January won't be quite as cold as traders believed late last month when