Aug 06 Portugal fights major wildfire as Europe’s heat wave lingers By Barry Hatton, Associated Press Authorities said that more than 1,100 firefighters with 327 vehicles and eight aircraft were battling the blaze that erupted amid a heatwave caused by a mass of hot air from North Africa. Continue reading
Aug 05 Watch 25:05 August 5, 2018 – PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Aug 5, 40 years since the Love Canal environmental crisis, residents say that chemicals there continue to make them sick. Also, hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup under the Superfund program. Megan Thompson anchors from… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 7:41 News Wrap: Fast-moving Greek wildfires kill dozens In our news wrap Tuesday, Greece is in mourning after wildfires killed at least 74 people near Athens. Also, a heat wave over Asia is taking a growing toll. Officials in Japan said record temperatures have claimed at least 80… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 25:11 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 7, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, July 7, chronicling extreme poverty in the U.S., and how Memphis youth carry on the legacy of Stax Records soul music. Also, a trade war between the U.S. and China has officially begun. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 1:50 Global temperatures reach extreme highs, breaking records By PBS News Hour Heat waves broke records around the world this week. While Burbank airport in California touched 114 degrees, Montreal in Canada recorded a high of 97.9 degrees. In Glasgow, Scotland, the temperature was a record-breaking 89.4 degrees on June 28 and… Continue watching
Aug 04 Why Death Valley and the Pacific Northwest are so hot right now By Roni Dengler Heat waves are burning up the West Coast. Here’s why things are so toasty right now. Continue reading
Mar 28 New cousin of El Niño may forecast summer heat waves months in advance By Nsikan Akpan A new climate model, based on a cauldron of Pacific ocean water, may soon be able to predict heat waves 7 weeks before they happen. Continue reading
Jun 23 Photos: Pakistanis seek ways to beat the deadly heat By Larisa Epatko Scorching heat and power grid failures in Pakistan’s southern region have caused the deaths of more than 600 people, officials say. Continue reading
May 31 Photos: India swelters as near-record temperatures persist By News Desk India’s annual pre-monsoon heat wave has been unusually severe this year. Near-record temperatures have persisted for weeks and the anxiously awaited monsoon rains that cool the country in early summer have not yet arrived. Continue reading
May 28 Watch 4:32 India acts on ‘heat action plans’ as temperature soars By PBS News Hour Even for a nation that's accustomed to heat waves, near-record temperatures in India have made daily life miserable and worse: more that 1,400 people have died so far. It's been particularly tough for poorer regions of the country, where electrical… Continue watching