Sports
Heat is off: Sinner advances to Australian Open quarterfinals
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia — Jannik Sinner may have felt lucky to survive the Australian Open third round but he rebounded quickly in a 6-1,…
Tag: Heat waves
Technology
In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers
[ad_1] In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He…
Finance
Study links frequent, severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producers
[ad_1] Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday. Planet-warming emissions…
Finance
As summers grow deadlier, here’s what to know about utility shutoffs
[ad_1] NEW YORK — As the cost of electricity outpaces inflation and summers grow deadlier, consumer advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to…
Breaking News
US heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest, poses extreme risk in California and Arizona
[ad_1] SEATTLE — Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous…
Breaking News
Green spaces are key to combating record heat in marginalized communities
[ad_1] Keith Lambert and his family cope with the extreme heat of summertime Chicago by going in and out of their house as quickly…
Travel
Bosnia’s mountain resorts pivot to summer tourism as climate changes
[ad_1] SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A short drive from the Mediterranean coast, mid-altitude mountain resorts near Sarajevo — traditionally dependent on snow sports —…
US News
Extreme heat is impacting most Americans’ electricity bills, AP-NORC poll finds
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — During the summer, Levena Lindahl closes off entire rooms, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets to manage the monthly cost…
Breaking News
Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity
[ad_1] PHOENIX — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington…
Travel
Greece shuts Acropolis, 2 firefighters killed in Italy as southern Europe swelters in a heat wave
[ad_1] ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A heat wave across southern Europe forced authorities in Greece to close the Acropolis Wednesday for several hours and…
Travel
Spain heats up under 1st heatwave of the year as Southern Europe swelters
[ad_1] BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain sweated under its first official heatwave of the year with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Celcius (104…
Breaking News
Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave
[ad_1] DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death…
US News
Torrid heat bakes millions of people in large swaths of US, setting records and fanning wildfires
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS — Roughly 130 million people were under threat over the weekend and into next week from a long-running heat wave that…
US News
Sizzling sidewalks, unshaded playgrounds pose risk for surface burns over searing Southwest summer
[ad_1] PHOENIX — Ron Falk lost his right leg, had extensive skin grafting on the left one and is still recovering a year after…
Breaking News
Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, warning — as tens of…
Breaking News
Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar
[ad_1] KARACHI, Pakistan — A days-long intense heat wave has disrupted normal life in Pakistan, especially in its largest city, Karachi, where doctors treated…
Technology
How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.
[ad_1] As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees.…
US News
Much of U.S. braces for extreme weather, from southern heat wave to possible snow in the Rockies
[ad_1] After days of intense flooding in Florida, that state and many others are bracing for an intense heat wave, while the Pacific Northwest…
US News
Forecasters warn Oklahoma may see tornadoes; Texas could bake in triple-digit temperatures
[ad_1] OKLAHOMA CITY — Forecasters warned of another day of heightened risk of dangerous tornadoes in the Midwest on Saturday and told people in…
US News
Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather
[ad_1] HOUSTON — As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms that left at least seven…