As global temperatures rise, more regions are experiencing heat levels that exceed the human body's ability to cool itself.

A heat wave has been slamming cities across California with triple-digit temperatures, shattering records and leaving at least one person dead. Weather forecasts for several California cities ...

Heat waves that are impossible to survive without air-conditioning could soon afflict far more of the globe than they do now, ...

The scorching heat wave that is baking the West and fueling more than a dozen wildfires across the region shows no sign of letting up. NBC’s Miguel Almaguer reports from just east of Los Angeles ...

Why is this heat wave so severe? Climate change is more than likely to blame for the severity of this deadly South Asian wave. A recent analysis from the United Kingdom's Met Office, in fact ...

Weather organizations from around the world agree that the planet's average global surface temperature in 2024 could well have passed a crucial threshold meant to limit the worst effects of climate ...

A deadly heat wave gripped large regions of Asia for weeks in April and May 2024. As temperatures climbed past 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 Celsius) in India on May 7, campaigning politicians ...

At the same time, Europe sweltered through its own deadly heat wave. “It’s certainly a worrying sign coming on the heels of 13 straight record -setting months,” said Berkeley Earth ...

After the deadly heat dome of 2021, Multnomah County experts said this map is a critical tool to help inform planning decisions and do better in the future.

The Black Friday bushfires which swept across southeastern Australia in January 1939 have been remembered as a deadly and traumatic ... occurred during the preceding heat wave—78 lives were ...