Charlottesville and much of Central Virginia were under an extreme heat warning Tuesday, with temperatures predicted to stay in the 90s and upper 80s for the remainder of the week. The region is part ...

More than a decade since the start of the longest ocean warming event ever recorded, scientists are still working to understand the extent of its impacts. This unprecedented heat wave, nicknamed "The ...

Friday marks the start of summer and the first significant heat wave of the season, according to the National Weather Service, leaving much of the country bracing for temperatures that will feel like ...

Philadelphia broke a daily record high today, reaching 99 degrees as the region's heat wave officially began. The high temperature so far at Philadelphia International Airport reached 99, breaking a ...

Weather isn’t climate, and a heat wave isn’t proof of human-induced global warming any more than a snowball disproves it. At the same time, nothing quite focuses the mind on the causes and effects of ...

"Triple-digit heat indices will be common through next week, with oppressive humidity," forecasters warned Getty A "dangerous" heat wave has begun in parts of the United States — and high temperatures ...

The intense late-summer heat wave was expected to hit its peak highs Thursday and Friday across most of inland San Diego County, generating dangerous temperatures in some locations that are expected ...

Chicagoland will continue to be gripped by a dangerous heat wave through Sunday night and Monday. The entire area will see intense sunshine, high humidity and possible record-high temperatures in the ...

At least two states are at an elevated risk of wildfires Tuesday amid "critical fire weather conditions." The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings to Utah and Colorado, where ...