Heat

Summer heat hits Asia early, killing dozens as one expert calls it the "most extreme event" in climate history

New Delhi — It's still spring but hundreds of millions of people across South and Southeast Asia hav...

world | 5 months ago

Asia just had a deadly heat wave, and scientists say it could happen again. Here's what's making it much more likely.

Hundreds of people died across Asia in recent weeks as the region sweltered under blistering tempera...

world | 5 months ago

World hits 12 straight months of record-high temperatures — but as warming continues, it'll be "remembered as comparatively cold"

The world has now marked one full year of back-to-back monthly heat records, the European Union's Co...

world | 4 months ago

Dangerous heat wave in the West is already breaking records and the temperatures could get worse

Parts of the West are under excessive heat warnings and officials say multiple record-high temperatu...

us | 4 months ago

Heat stress can turn deadly even sooner than experts thought. Are new warnings needed?

Gwen Osborne, a 72-year-old retired newspaper reporter in Chicago, liked to spend long hours in her ...

us | 4 months ago

Nonprofit offers Indian women cash, other assistance to deal with effects of extreme heat

Thousands of low-income women in India are receiving assistance to deal with the economic and health...

world | 4 months ago

American man among tourists reported missing in Greece amid deadly heat waves

Three tourists, including one American, have died and five remain missing in Greece as the country f...

world | 3 months ago

More than 1,000 people die at hajj pilgrimage 2024 amid extreme heat in Saudi Arabia, AFP reports

Riyadh — The death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, mor...

world | 3 months ago

Scorching temperatures persist as heat wave expands, with record-breaking temperatures expected across U.S.

A relentless heat wave that baked more of the United States this past week is expected to continue a...

us | 3 months ago

Team USA bringing its own air conditioning to Paris 2024 Olympics as athletes made it "a very high priority"

Team USA has confirmed that it will bring its own air conditioning units for American athletes to us...

world | 3 months ago

Texas man dies after collapsing during Grand Canyon hike

A man who was found semi-conscious after collapsing on a hiking trail in the Grand Canyon over the w...

us | 3 months ago

Soldiers use this fast, cheap solution to quickly cool down in the scorching heat. And you can, too.

It almost seems too simple to be true, but research shows submerging your forearms and biceps in ice...

us | 3 months ago

"Dangerous heat" expected to spread up West Coast, break records, according to forecasters

Temperatures are expected to soar along the U.S. West Coast on Friday and Saturday, the National Wea...

us | 3 months ago

Street medics treat heat illnesses among homeless people as temperatures rise

Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine ...

us | 3 months ago

NASA map captures extent of punishing heat in U.S.

The U.S. has contended with unrelenting temperatures this summer, and a map from NASA paints a dire ...

us | 2 months ago

Summer heat is causing soda cans to burst on Southwest Airlines flights, injuring flight attendants

The intense summer heat is causing soda cans to burst after being loaded on some Southwest Airlines ...

us | 2 months ago