But far outside of downtowns, where homes and buildings get farther and farther apart, rural regions face their own long-running challenges that exacerbate the dangers of extreme heat.

The heat wave should break after today. A cold front will move down from the north, possibly bringing widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon, the weather service says in its forecast ...

The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming.

The heat wave is expected to continue into the week putting millions of Americans in the Midwest and Northeast under heat warnings and advisories.

Kedziora's work was inspired by changes in the rural landscape of Thailand following the agricultural mechanisation, spread of technology and the replacement of traditional farming animals by ...

Researchers are helping Missoula county officials learn who’s calling 911 during heat waves. Rural callers are disproportionately affected, prompting emergency planners to rethink their approach.

As a heat wave is moving from the central plains to the East Coast, millions of Americans are warned of "dangerous, life-threatening" conditions.

Minnesota will experience the first heat wave of the summer this weekend as sweltering heat and humidity settle in. The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning from Saturday at ...

Parts of U.S. hit record high temperatures amid extreme heat About 128 million Americans from Louisiana to Maine are under heat advisories Wednesday amid a severe heat wave impacting much of the U.S.

A man walks along a road in Karachi, Pakistan, protecting himself amid the region’s ongoing heat wave. In April alone, hundreds of millions of people across Pakistan and India have been ...

A surprise heat wave hit Central Asia in March, a new study published Friday showed, putting in danger crops and water supply in a largely rural region already heavily affected by the impacts of ...