Aug 12 Northwest sizzles as heat wave hits many parts of U.S. By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press People have headed to cooling centers as the Pacific Northwest began sweltering under another major, multiday heat wave. Continue reading
Aug 12 Days of hot weather grip Southern Europe, North Africa By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press Throughout the Mediterranean region, days of hot weather already have driven people indoors at midday, spoiled crops and complicated the challenge of firefighters battling wildfires. Continue reading
Aug 11 Pacific Northwest braces for another multiday heat wave By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press People in the Pacific Northwest braced for another major, multiday heat wave starting Wednesday, just over a month after record-shattering hot weather killed hundreds of the region's most vulnerable people. Continue reading
Aug 10 We don’t know exactly how many people are dying from heat — here’s why By Chloe Jones, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado Data on heat deaths is sparse and undercounted, making it difficult to predict the impact of climate change as temperatures continue to rise. Continue reading
Aug 04 This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places By Seth Borenstein, Frank Jordans, Associated Press The founder of a disaster database maintained at a Belgian University says, "It is not only a poor country problem, it's now very obviously a rich country problem."… Continue reading
Jul 31 Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires By Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats Saturday after being told to evacuate some hotels in the Aegean resort of Bodrum due to the dangers posed by nearby wildfires, Turkish media reported. Continue reading
Jul 12 Wildfires rage as U.S. West grapples with heat wave, drought By Christopher Weber, Associated Press Firefighters were working in extreme temperatures across the U.S. West and struggling to contain wildfires, the largest burning in California and Oregon, as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids. Continue reading
Jul 11 Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils U.S. West By Associated Press Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a Northern California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday and forced the closure of a major highway, one of several large blazes burning across the U.S. West amid another heat wave that… Continue reading
Jul 06 How is climate change affecting heatwaves? Here’s what we need to study By Christian Jakob, Michael Reeder, the Conversation Two Monash University professors explain the causes of the North American heat wave, and why we need to focus on how climate change affects our daily weather. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 5:44 Crippling heat wave in Canada blamed for at least 100 deaths Parts of Washington state, Oregon, and Idaho spent another day on Wednesday baking in sweltering temperatures, as a dangerous heat wave in Canada begins to ease in parts of British Columbia, Alberta and Manitoba. David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment… Continue watching