• Latest climate assessment reveals how much climate change is costing Americans

    Latest climate assessment reveals how much climate change is costing Americans

    Nov 14, 2023 11:25 PM EDT

    Out in California, up north in Canada, we see the wildfires and the smoke we experience this summer. In other places, we see heavy downpours and increases in flash flooding. Wherever we live, our lives are being touched by how climate change is loading the weather dice against us. Amna ...

  • News Wrap: Federal teams arrive to help search efforts after deadly Maui fires

    News Wrap: Federal teams arrive to help search efforts after deadly Maui fires

    Aug 12, 2023 09:45 PM EDT

    ... in southwestern China, 6 people died when a migrant boat capsized in the English Channel, and a child died while riding one of the buses Texas has been using to send migrants to other states. ... John Yang: Good evening, I'm John Yang. The wildfires that devastated parts of Maui ...

  • July is globe's hottest month in recorded history

    July is globe's hottest month in recorded history

    Jul 27, 2023 03:27 PM EDT

    ... no accident that the hottest July on record has brought deadly heat waves in the U.S. and Mexico, China and southern Europe, smoke-causing wildfires and heavy floods worldwide, said Imperial College of London climate scientist Friederike Otto. The average temperature being measured is like “the fever temperature that ...

  • WATCH: Biden addresses extreme heat as Phoenix hits record number of days over 110 degrees

    WATCH: Biden addresses extreme heat as Phoenix hits record number of days over 110 degrees

    Jul 27, 2023 12:12 PM EDT

    ... and tips for keeping cool amid record-breaking heat. More than 100 members of Congress, led by Democratic Reps. Greg Casar and Sylvia Garcia of Texas and Judy Chu of California have called on the administration to implement the new heat standard for outdoor workers as quickly as possible. “We ...

  • Why extreme heat is more dangerous than many realize

    Why extreme heat is more dangerous than many realize

    Jul 11, 2023 10:42 PM EDT

    ... little bit frightening. In fact, it's more than a little bit frightening. It's very frightening, because could it get to 125 degrees in Texas? No one knows. Geoff Bennett: Your book is in many ways an urgent warning. What do people fail to grasp about the threats posed ...

  • News Wrap: Russian shelling takes more Ukrainian lives on 500th day of war

    News Wrap: Russian shelling takes more Ukrainian lives on 500th day of war

    Jul 08, 2023 09:50 PM EDT

    ... coming. More dangerous temperatures in the forecast for much of the south and Southwest. Highs are expected to be over 110 in places like West Texas, Arizona and California. Forecasters say this heat wave, stretching from Florida to California could last several weeks.And meteorologists say weather patterns in the ...

  • News Wrap: National Weather Service warns Americans of dangerous heat, humidity

    News Wrap: National Weather Service warns Americans of dangerous heat, humidity

    Jul 01, 2023 09:45 PM EDT

    ... west, it is a very hot 4 July weekend. The National Weather Service is warning of a dangerous combination of heat and humidity. For weeks, Texas has been the nation's hotspot. But now that wet blanket of heat and humidity is moving east in places like Montgomery, Alabama, and ...

  • Heat waves, extreme weather events becoming more common and likely to increase, experts say

    Heat waves, extreme weather events becoming more common and likely to increase, experts say

    Jun 30, 2023 02:49 PM EDT

    ... up to 112 degrees (44 Celsius) were forecast in parts of Florida over the next few days. WATCH MORE: News Wrap: Extreme heat wave blankets Texas, southern states Eleven of the heat-related deaths in Texas occurred in Webb County, which includes Laredo. The dead ranged in age from 60 ...

  • News Wrap: Senate report outlines failures by the FBI, Homeland Security before Jan. 6

    News Wrap: Senate report outlines failures by the FBI, Homeland Security before Jan. 6

    Jun 27, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Tuesday, a Senate report cited sweeping intelligence failures by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a heat dome scorched Texas again amid warnings that blistering temperatures will invade the Midwest and the Deep South through July 4 ...

  • News Wrap: Test launch for Artemis 1 moon mission postponed again

    News Wrap: Test launch for Artemis 1 moon mission postponed again

    Sep 03, 2022 09:45 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Saturday, NASA's Artemis moon mission has been postponed a second time, excessive heat is scorching the West Coast and fueling wildfires, nine migrants were found dead after trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was laid to rest in ...