The heat wave caused disruptions to public transport across the Northeast. Amtrak said it will be forced to slow train speeds between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on June 24 between Washington, D.C., and New ...

Heat waves are primarily caused by high-pressure systems that push warm air down onto an area and hold it there. During heat ...

More than 160 million Americans are under the highest level of extreme heat alerts during a wave of above-average ...

Brace for the ‘heat dome’. Temperatures across the Midwest and East Coast will hit dangerous levels this coming week - ...

Large swaths of the country were broiling under a heat dome, worsened by a humid atmosphere that’s circling the East.

Heat exhaustion and heatstroke can be brought on by extremely high temperatures. How to keep others and yourself safe.

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

The Miami Valley has been encased by a heat wave as a result of a weather phenomenon known as a heat dome. The heat dome acts as a lid, preventing warm air from rising, ...