Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

Extreme temperatures during the summer of 1995 caught Chicago off guard.A relentless heat wave settled over the city, and with no clear emergency plan, the response fell dangerously short. More than ...

In July 1995, a historic heat wave left more than 700 people dead. ABC7 is looking back on how the tragedy changed the way ...

The good news is that the mini heat wave that hit on Wednesday is peaking on Thursday, July 10, and the weekend will be ...

When temperatures rise in Chicago, for some, it brings back difficult memories and prompts a call for action to prevent ...

Because of the heat wave, 1995 will go down as an important year in Chicago history and to a certain extent in American ...

France's public health authority said on Friday that more than 100 people had died from drowning between June 1 and July 2 ...

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was ...

Students from Toronto say they are finding refuge from the extreme heat and poor air quality by staying indoors and out of direct sunlight. Environment Canada has issued an air quality warning for the ...

Human-caused climate change was responsible for around 1,500 deaths during this year’s atypical heat wave across Europe, a newly published rapid study of mortality data suggests. The study, conducted ...

Spanish authorities say two people have died in northeastern Spain in a wildfire that spread quickly before firefighters ...