Many regions across the United States experienced "record-breaking high temperatures" in 2023 due to extreme heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Emergency room ...
Some 8 million Americans were exposed to “extreme danger” temperatures last year alone, defined by the National Weather Service as a heat index of more than 125 degrees Fahrenheit. By 2053 ...
We just lived through the hottest year since recordkeeping began more than a century ago, but before too long, 2023 might not stand out as the pinnacle of extreme heat. This story is part of ...
By 2050, over 5 billion people — probably more than half the planet’s population — will be exposed to at least a month of health-threatening extreme heat when outdoors in the sun ...
In the U.S., more than 107 million people from the Great Lakes south to Texas and Louisiana could find themselves part of an “extreme heat belt” in the decades ahead. And while no one is ...
The color-coded system added magenta, a fifth-tier of heat severity, beyond red, to communicate extreme heat “rare and/or long-duration extreme heat with little to no overnight relief ...
Heat is the number one weather-related killer. Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits. In extreme heat and high humidity, evaporation is slowed and the body must work extra hard to ...
Mumtaz’s neighborhood, her city, her country — her very life as a poor Indian woman — reflect one of the world’s greatest emerging disparities in the era of extreme heat. Sana Mumtaz ...
We’re not there, yet. But extreme heat, far less visually dramatic than hurricanes or floods, is claiming lives and ...
As a massive heat dome lingered over the Pacific Northwest three years ago, swaths of North America simmered — and then burned. Wildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across the ...
Find that audio here. Rising heat is the most direct and potentially deadly effect of climate change. Extreme heat has hit the South with temperatures reaching 115 degrees. In Texas, the power ...