MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CONTEND WITH HEAT WAVE

Last weekend’s heat wave shows gaps in Chicago’s network of cooling centers

Record high nighttime temperatures, a dangerously high heat index and intense humidity swept through Chicago from June 21 to 23, marking the city’s first major heat wave of the summer. Ahead of the heat wave, Mayor Brandon Johnson told residents at a June 20 news conference that the city was “prepared to demonstrate the full force of government” by offering city-run cooling centers. The city’s website promotes 288 cooling center locations across…

One spot on East Coast is immune to heat wave, data shows

We may not agree on climate, but we all feel the heat

Just five days into summer, much of the United States is gripped by a record-breaking heat dome. Pavement is buckling in Wisconsin. Trains in the Northeast have had to slow or stop to avoid heat-induced “sun kinks” in the rails. Emergency rooms are expected to fill with patients with heat-related illness across the Midwest. Power grids are straining and the Washington Monument is closed to visitors.

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CONTEND WITH HEAT WAVE

Jude Puroway cools off at a fountain last Sunday in Chicago. tens of millions of people across the Midwest and east endured days of dangerously high temperatures as a powerful June heat dome gripped much of the U.S., breaking records…

Surviving Summer’s First Heat Wave - Dallas Weekly

Anyone living in the East Coast to major parts of the Midwest — and, of course, in the typically blazing-hot South — this week knows we’re experiencing the first heat wave of the summer, a deadly weather event that’s bringing record-breaking, triple-digit temperatures to much of the country. On Wednesday, seven states saw temperatures that tied or broke records. New York, Philadelphia and Boston all hit or surpassed 100 degrees. In Newark, New J…

Severe Heat Wave Set to Impact 170 Million Americans Until Late June