Long- and short-term solutions to keep yourself and your home cool in a heat wave
Much of the Midwest and the East Coast are under a heat advisory or warning this week as dangerous heat continues. Here's how to stay cool.
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Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern U.S.
An intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America under a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit temperatures in places that haven't been so hot in more than a decade.
How to respond to a heat wave
National Weather Service Raleigh meteorologist Andrew Kren explains the current warm front due to a strong high-pressure system over the lower Ohio and Tennessee Valley, leading to temperatures in the upper 90s to lower 100s in the Piedmont early in the week, with a slight downward trend to the low to mid-90s by the weekend.
Guilford, Forsyth counties offer resources as heatwave hits the Piedmont Triad
Cities across the Triad are offering cooling stations as extreme heat is expected throughout the week.
Welcome to summer: U.S. braces for first significant heat wave of the new season
For many Americans, high humidity will make it feel in the triple digits. The National Weather Service is urging people to prepare to protect themselves from the dangers of extreme heat.
Oil companies face a wrongful death suit tied to climate change
Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city's history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies' "misrepresentations" about climate change.
We asked, you answered: How do you stay cool without air conditioning?
How do you cool down without air conditioning? Our readers respond with clever hacks involving towels, ice packs — anc pickle.
'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F
Temperatures were in the triple-digits in much of the area on Tuesday and authorities warn that they could top 110 degrees F in southern Spain in the coming days.
As heat waves intensify, more public housing residents may get help with AC bills
For decades, public housing providers could subsidize heating bills but not air-conditioning. New Biden administration guidance changes that, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough.
Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj
Collective prayers and struggles are core to Islam's Hajj, but heat took a toll this year: Hundreds died and thousands sought treatment for heat exhaustion.