Nearly one year after the heat crisis in the Pacific Northwest, emergency managers, doctors and even transit systems in the area say they are using lessons learned to prepare for this summer. The city ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO (WGN) – This week marks the 30th anniversary of the devastating Chicago Heat Wave of 1995. Over 700 people died in the ...

The heat dome that descended upon the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021 met a population radically unprepared for it. Extreme heat disasters like this are becoming increasingly common in regions ...

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has been pleased with the direction his team is trending in through the first two weeks of this season. After all, the Heat entered Tuesday as one of only five NBA ...

The Pacific Northwest is feeling its first heat wave of the year. It comes just over a year after the region endured its most extreme heat ever. Hundreds of people died. Since that wake-up call, the ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Vines, lead health officer of the Portland metropolitan area, about lessons learned from the deadly 2021 Portland heat wave as a sweltering summer awaits. As ...