World Records Hottest Day While Wildfires Threaten Mediterranean July 23, 2024 By Eamon Akil Farhat and Paul Tugwell The world recorded its hottest ever day, as many parts of the Mediterranean face extreme wildfire risks. Sunday witnessed the...
Deaths, Injuries, Billions of Dollars Are Costs of Extreme Heat in California July 11, 2024 By Levi Sumagaysay A blistering California heat wave over the past weeks and through the Fourth of July holiday could be topped off...
Houston Will Feel Like 106F as Millions Remain Without Power July 9, 2024 By Millie Munshi and Will Wade Houston is set for a dangerous bout of heat as more than 2 million homes and businesses remain without power...
Judge Tells Louisiana to Protect Incarcerated Workers Toiling in Summer Heat July 5, 2024 By Margie Mason and Robin McDowell Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated...
California Commissioner’s Analysis Shows $7.7B in Losses From Extreme Heat Events July 5, 2024 The cumulative cost of the seven heat events in California in the past decade amounted to $7.7 billion in losses,...
Dallas Will Feel Like 107 With Heat and Humidity: Weather Watch June 24, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan Heat advisories are in place across the central and southern US — from South Dakota to Texas. Dallas is forecast...
Climate Change Amplifies Deadly Heat Wave Sweeping Across Southwestern US, Mexico June 24, 2024 By Seth Borenstein Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking...
California’s Capital Will See Temperatures Above 100F This Week June 10, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan California’s Central Valley will have another round of searing temperatures that will boost energy demand this week, reaching a high...
Phoenix Ordinance Adds Rules to Protect Workers from Extreme Heat April 3, 2024 With hundreds of heat related deaths in and around Phoenix, Arizona last year, a new city ordinance has taken a...
Summer Heat May Have Cost Texas Economy $24 Billion: Dallas Fed October 19, 2023 By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune Each degree of warming in Texas slows the state’s economy, an analysis by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of...