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US heat wave exposes infrastructure, health vulnerabilities – and it’s not quite over yet
As previous disasters have laid bare the US’ vulnerabilities to other types of extreme weather, this week is revealing ...
‘We need to cool people as quickly as possible.’ Emergency departments on the front lines during a heat wave.
By Tuesday night — following the fourth hottest day on record in Boston — Mass General’s emergency department was slammed.
Temperature in New York City reaches 100 degrees as eastern US swelters under extreme heat wave
The temperature in New York City has reached 100 degrees as the eastern U.S. sweltered under an extreme heat wave.
Tuesday was the hottest day in over a decade for parts of the East Coast. When will this extreme heat wave end?
A long-lasting extreme heat wave reached its dangerous crescendo Tuesday, bringing the hottest day in a decade to some major ...
Heat wave ends in Philadelphia, stormy weather moves in Thursday. Here's the forecast.
We made it! After several record-breaking days with excessive heat in the Philadelphia region, including the first day with ...
N.J. weather: Heat wave ramps up with 103° scorcher, more broken records, thunderstorm threat
Another steamy day is on tap for Wednesday, but there's a risk of isolated thunderstorms that could pack small hail and ...
A Heat Wave Hits New York Earlier Than Usual for a Second Year in a Row
It is the second year in a row that a heat wave has hit the New York City region earlier than usual, as global warming is ...
Will the heat wave be over by the Fourth of July? Here's the forecast for Illinois
Fourth of July is less than two weeks away. Will the heat wave be over by then? Here's the forecast for Illinois.
N.J. weather: Severe thunderstorm warning issued as strong storms pop up during heat wave
Forecasters say isolated thunderstorm cells could become strong enough to produce small hail and wind gusts that could topple ...