As previous disasters have laid bare the US’ vulnerabilities to other types of extreme weather, this week is revealing ...

Paramedics in Washington, D.C., burned through their supply of ice packs on Tuesday, and residents cranked up the ...

Dr. Ward studies how extreme heat is reshaping lives and livelihoods in communities across the United States.

Nearly 160 million people are under heat alerts from eastern Texas to Maine, as temperatures are forecasted to be as much as ...

Furnace-like heat and the threat of thunder and lightning are wreaking havoc at the Club World Cup -- and more of the same is ...

Hundreds of firefighters have been struggling to contain wildfires at several locations on the Greek island of Chios as ...

The heat wave caused disruptions to public transport across the Northeast. Amtrak said it will be forced to slow train speeds ...

More than 160 million Americans are under the highest level of extreme heat alerts during a wave of above-average ...

At least eight states were expected to see temperatures that would feel hotter than those in Death Valley—often referred to as the hottest place on Earth—on Wednesday, according to the National ...

As tens of thousands of people braced for more extreme heat on Tuesday, authorities and public health experts in the United ...

The heat waves moving in recent days across Canada, the U.S. and northern Europe are part of a dangerous new climate pattern.

Substitutes retreat to locker rooms, practices canceled, jerseys drenched – the relentless heat wave sweeping across much of ...