The city of Reno, Nevada, is breaking records in ways it doesn’t like: A 2024 analysis of 241 cities showed that Reno has heated up faster than any other city in the United States. While the country ...

As climate change fuels more days of extreme heat every year, American cities are becoming increasingly familiar with the urban heat island effect. Heat islands are areas that experience increased air ...

There is a growing amount of evidence to suggest that heat waves are the deadliest weather event, according to one Utah science teacher who is heading up a local heat-mapping campaign. Rob Wilson said ...

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Intrepid street vendor Lauro Ilario drives a golf cart across the Phoenix asphalt for several hours a day selling cold drinks, snow cones and snacks to people he finds walking the streets. But Phoenix ...

Results of a heat mapping effort in Clark County show the hottest spots included downtown Vancouver and the areas of Orchards, Fourth Plain and Fruit Valley. Higher temperatures were also recorded in ...

Last August, Boston officials issued a heat advisory when temperatures and humidity were expected to reach dangerous highs. But some neighborhoods had already reached that threshold days before, ...

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