Faced with more deadly heat waves, US cities are taking an unprecedented step
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN When Jane Gilbert was appointed last summer as Miami-Dade County’s first “chief heat officer” — and the…
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Here are some US cities that set records this week as temperatures soared to as high as 115 degrees
By Robert Shackelford, Mike Saenz and Dave Alsup, CNN Some daily record high temperatures were set Tuesday and Wednesday across multiple states as…
Continue ReadingParts of the US bake under triple digit temperatures with no let up in sight
By Jason Hanna and Christina Maxouris, CNN A dangerous heat wave that has wilted the south-central US spread across the country Wednesday, with about…
Continue ReadingMore than 100 million in the US face excessive warning or heat advisories as a dangerous heat wave continues
By Payton Major, Judson Jones and Amir Vera, CNN Heat alerts cover more than 20 states today and Wednesday across the Southern Plains and parts of…
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By Jennifer Gray, CNN meteorologist Every year, hundreds of bold adventurers spend days or weeks in some of the harshest, most unforgiving conditions…
Continue ReadingHot records are outpacing cool by more than 10-to-1 this year as Europe, US brace for dangerous heat
By Rachel Ramirez and Angela Fritz, CNN Hot-temperature records are far outpacing cool records across the globe this year as Europe and the United…
Continue ReadingDangerous heat grips more than 40 million people in the US
By Payton Major and Judson Jones, CNN More than 40 million people are under heat alerts across the Plains and Central California today and Tuesday as…
Continue ReadingExtreme heat sears parts of Europe, with UK seeing third-hottest day on record
By Joseph Ataman, Jimmy Hutcheon, Xiaofei Xu, Zahid Mahmood, Sana Noor Haq, and Jorge Engels, CNN Extreme heat has engulfed parts of western Europe,…
Continue ReadingEurope battles wildfires in intense heat
Story by Reuters Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece and France, with…
Continue ReadingArizona governor deploys National Guard to county facing flash flooding amid battling wildfires
By Hannah Sarisohn Arizona’s governor has deployed the state’s National Guard to assist with flooding relief and mitigation over the…
Continue ReadingLondoners urged not to travel as heat wave engulfs Europe
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Commuters in London have been advised not to use the city’s transport network unless for “essential…
Continue Reading‘Flash drought’ conditions reported as far east as Massachusetts amid a record-breaking hot summer
By Payton Major and Angela Fritz, CNN Far from the drought-stricken West, where water is scarcer by the day and residents are cutting their usage,…
Continue ReadingEuropean cities set all-time temperature records amid unrelenting heat wave
By Amarachi Orie, Taylor Ward, Niamh Kennedy, Mia Alberti, Al Goodman, Camille Knight and Amandine Hess, CNN New records have been set as…
Continue ReadingHot, dry conditions are making it harder for firefighters trying to protect Yosemite’s giant sequoias
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Hot, dry weather conditions are making it harder for firefighting crews battling a wildfire in Yosemite National Park in…
Continue ReadingAll missing people have been found after severe flooding in Virginia
By Aya Elamroussi, Michelle Watson and Alaa Elassar, CNN Everyone has been found after reports of more than 40 people missing in a rural Virginia…
Continue ReadingMore than 40 people are unaccounted for after severe storms and floods in western Virginia county
By Claudia Dominguez and Brandon Miller, CNN About 44 people were unaccounted for Wednesday in the wake of severe weather and flooding across…
Continue ReadingFirefighters are gaining ground in the fight to protect Yosemite’s giant sequoias. But the weather is not helping
By Travis Caldwell, CNN With giant sequoias under threat from a wildfire spreading at Yosemite National Park in California, firefighters are in a…
Continue ReadingExtreme temperatures will challenge the Texas power grid this week
By Jennifer Gray, CNN Meteorologist While it seems strange to say this is a hot summer in Texas — because let’s face it, EVERY summer in…
Continue ReadingA sprinkler system has been installed in the forest and a cabin wrapped in foil as wildfire threatens Yosemite’s beloved sequoias
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Amanda Watts and Dakin Andone, CNN Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park’s…
Continue Reading3rd heat wave grips the South this summer, and experts say it will get worse
By Payton Major, Taylor Ward and Monica Garrett, CNN The third heat wave of the still-early summer is scorching the US South, and “it will get…
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