Soaring temperatures, including a 107 degree heat index, forced officials in Paterson, New Jersey to cut short a ...

An "extremely dangerous heat wave" is continuing to scorch a huge area of the eastern United States June 23, affecting tens ...

Climate change has been exacerbating heat waves, and the problem isn't going away any time soon. An increasingly hot planet — ...

Howard County is opening 18 cooling centers across community centers, libraries and 50+ centers for people to escape the extreme heat this week.

Along with the arrival of astronomical summer — which happened at 10:42 p.m. Friday — has come a brutal heat wave, a stretch of extreme weather that means we all should be aware of the potential for ...

You might've heard the phrase "it's not the heat, it's the humidity." However, when it comes to calculating the heat index, you need both values. As temperatures begin to climb towards the lower 90s ...

You might've heard the phrase "it's not the heat, it's the humidity." However, when it comes to calculating the heat index, you need both values. As temperatures begin to climb towards the lower 90s ...

Along with the arrival of astronomical summer — which happened at 10:42 p.m. Friday — has come a brutal heat wave, a stretch of extreme weather that means we all should be aware of the potential for ...

A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just for you.

The mildest of the four main types of heat illness is heat rash, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Heat rash presents as a group of tiny, itchy skin bumps that develop when sweat gets trapped under ...