MELBOURNE, Australia — Jannik Sinner may have felt lucky to survive the Australian Open third round but he rebounded quickly in a 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (2) win Monday…
Read more Heat is off: Sinner advances to Australian Open quarterfinalsIn the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the…
Read more In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkersFifty-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 from 180 major cement, oil…
Read more Study links frequent, severe heat waves to pollution from major fossil fuel producersNEW YORK — As the cost of electricity outpaces inflation and summers grow deadlier, consumer advocates are sounding alarms about the risks to low-income people who can’t afford…
Read more As summers grow deadlier, here’s what to know about utility shutoffsSEATTLE — Residents of the Western U.S. sweltered in a heat wave Saturday that hospitalized some people, with temperatures forecast to hit dangerous levels throughout the weekend in…
Read more US heat wave smothers Pacific Northwest, poses extreme risk in California and ArizonaKeith Lambert and his family cope with the extreme heat of summertime Chicago by going in and out of their house as quickly as possible and making sure…
Read more Green spaces are key to combating record heat in marginalized communitiesSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A short drive from the Mediterranean coast, mid-altitude mountain resorts near Sarajevo — traditionally dependent on snow sports — are slowly but steadily pivoting…
Read more Bosnia’s mountain resorts pivot to summer tourism as climate changesWASHINGTON — During the summer, Levena Lindahl closes off entire rooms, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets to manage the monthly cost of electricity for air conditioning.…
Read more Extreme heat is impacting most Americans’ electricity bills, AP-NORC poll findsPHOENIX — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into…
Read more Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequityATHENS, Greece (AP) — A heat wave across southern Europe forced authorities in Greece to close the Acropolis Wednesday for several hours and two firefighters died while putting…
Read more Greece shuts Acropolis, 2 firefighters killed in Italy as southern Europe swelters in a heat waveBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain sweated under its first official heatwave of the year with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees Celcius (104 Fahrenheit) in a large swathe…
Read more Spain heats up under 1st heatwave of the year as Southern Europe sweltersDEATH VALLEY, Calif. — Hundreds of Europeans touring the American West and adventurers from around the U.S. are still being drawn to Death Valley National Park, even though…
Read more Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat waveLAS VEGAS — Roughly 130 million people were under threat over the weekend and into next week from a long-running heat wave that broke or tied records with…
Read more Torrid heat bakes millions of people in large swaths of US, setting records and fanning wildfiresPHOENIX — Ron Falk lost his right leg, had extensive skin grafting on the left one and is still recovering a year after collapsing on the searing asphalt…
Read more Sizzling sidewalks, unshaded playgrounds pose risk for surface burns over searing Southwest summerWASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, warning — as tens of millions of people in the…
Read more Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from extreme heatKARACHI, Pakistan — A days-long intense heat wave has disrupted normal life in Pakistan, especially in its largest city, Karachi, where doctors treated thousands of victims of heatstroke…
Read more Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soarAs 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. The critical danger point outdoors…
Read more How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.After days of intense flooding in Florida, that state and many others are bracing for an intense heat wave, while the Pacific Northwest will experience unseasonably cold weather…
Read more Much of U.S. braces for extreme weather, from southern heat wave to possible snow in the RockiesOKLAHOMA CITY — Forecasters warned of another day of heightened risk of dangerous tornadoes in the Midwest on Saturday and told people in South Texas they could experience…
Read more Forecasters warn Oklahoma may see tornadoes; Texas could bake in triple-digit temperaturesHOUSTON — As the Houston area works to clean up and restore power to thousands after deadly storms that left at least seven people dead, it will do…
Read more Widespread power outages from deadly Houston storm raise new risk: hot weather
