Temperatures soar this week to near record highs, and they look to stay there all the way through early next week. Widespread, beneficial rainfall is not expected this week causing drought conditions ...

A peer-reviewed study published in Science has documented frequent new particle formation during a heat wave, a phenomenon that standard atmospheric models predicted should not happen at such high ...

Extreme heat can trigger excessive sweating that overwhelms the body’s natural cooling system, potentially leading to heat cramps, heat stroke and even death in severe, untreated cases. An ...

It may be hard to believe that we have not had a heat wave this summer. Because this summer it has not bee the heat, but the humidity. It takes 3 straight days with highs of 95° or higher at KCI, the ...

More than 600 people die each year from heat-related complications in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. These deaths are preventable -- follow these tips from ...

Climate change is projected to make such events more common, but in the so-called "air-conditioned city," those without access to cooled air are most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses.

From Toronto to Minneapolis, Chicago to Omaha many places in North America are seeing a surge in summer heat well into fall. But one of the drivers is a weather phenomenon occurring thousands of miles ...

This week’s heat wave in Texas has landed in the record books again. Officials say a temperature recorded at Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande may be the hottest ever recorded in the U.S. during ...