Heat-related deaths spiked 117% in the US since 1999
By Jen Christensen | CNN As temperatures reach record levels in many parts of the US this week, emergency rooms are bracing for a new normal: More patients are becoming …
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Body of missing Grand Canyon hiker found after flash flooding prompted rescues of more than 100 people
By Rebekah Riess, Zoe Sottile, Chris Boyette and Sharif Paget | CNN The body of a missing hiker was recovered along the Colorado River on Sunday after flash flooding in …
Hawaii’s Big Island is under a tropical storm warning as Hone nears
By Audrey McAvoy | Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Hone was approaching the southern edges of Hawaii on Saturday with gusts of wind and heavy rain, potentially inflicting …
How Tim Walz pushed Minnesota towards aggressive climate policies
By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Ari Natter | Bloomberg Kamala Harris picked a running mate for her presidential campaign with one of the most aggressive records enacting climate policy at …
Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as Category 1 storm and threatens catastrophic flooding
By JEFF MARTIN and CHRISTOPHER O’MEARA HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby slammed Florida with torrential rain and high winds, contributing to at least four deaths as it …
Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida as Category 1 storm and threatens catastrophic flooding
By JEFF MARTIN and CHRISTOPHER O’MEARA HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Debby reached Florida’s gulf coast early Monday as a hurricane, bringing with it the potential for catastrophic …
Midwest cleans up after rain, tornadoes pound the region
By Melissa Perez Winder, Ed White and Jim Salter | Associated Press CHICAGO — Hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as water rolled …
3 hikers die in Utah parks as triple-digit temperatures linger in western US
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM | Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Three hikers died over the weekend in suspected heat-related cases at state and national parks in Utah, including a father …
A look at heat records that have been broken around the world
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN | Associated Press This year has already seen many heat records broken as the world grows hotter with more and more greenhouse gases …
Santa Clara County investigating 19 deaths as possibly heat-related
Officials in Santa Clara County are investigating 19 deaths to determine whether those deaths were heat-related, after a record-breaking heat wave baked much of the Bay Area in the days …