Palm Springs, Calif., reached 117 degrees Tuesday as a heat wave in the western United States broke hundreds of records.
A historic October heatwave with temperatures so extreme they’d be considered hot during the peak of summer isn’t over yet.
On Wednesday, about 39 million people in the region were under heat alerts, according to the National Weather Service.
Weather attribution science uses real-world data and models to establish if and how climate change influences the intensity ...
The September heat wave comes after much of the western United States had its hottest summer on record. The heat should gradually ease this weekend as the expansive high-pressure heat dome ...
Heat alerts for inland communities have already been upgraded and extended as a heat wave grips western United States for the ...
Energy providers are warning United States clients to be frugal with air-conditioning this weekend, as intense heat and increased demand could lead to blackouts. Nearly 200 million Americans are ...
The core of the heat sweltering in the western part of the United States will slowly shift inland ... hasn't been as affected by the heat wave and will not experience much of a cooldown as ...
A sweltering heat wave that’s baked parts of Southern ... High temperatures kill more people in the United States than hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or cold weather. When it’s hot, the human ...
Nearly 60 million people were sweltering under heat alerts on Wednesday as a late-summer surge of extreme temperatures blanketed much of the eastern half of the United States. Record heat was ...
The California heat wave, unusual for October, is raising the risk of wildfires and illness for students and farmworkers.