Triple-digit heat in the Gaza Strip is exacerbating electricity shortages and residents' frustrations with both Hamas and Israel, Reuters reports. The more-than 2.3 million people living in the narrow piece of land
More than 100 million people across the U.S. were under heat alerts over the weekend as extreme heat roasted huge swaths of the contiguous 48 states with record-breaking temperatures. "It's an absolute
Heat stress killed more than 61,000 people in Europe last summer, according to new research published Monday by the journal Nature Medicine. The worst impacts were felt in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, with
The climate-fueled heatwave broasting the southern U.S. has already killed at least 11 people in Texas, 21 people in northern Mexico, and an unknown number of migrants and people incarcerated in Texas
This year's Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, could be one of the biggest and hottest in history. More than 2.5 million people have made the pilgrimage — the first without pandemic restrictions
As toxic wildfire smoke returns to the Midwest, and the brutal heatwave smothering Texas and the southern U.S. broils on, two new reports highlight the human costs of climate change and ableism.
Texas grid operator, ERCOT, asked residents to voluntarily use less electricity on Tuesday as a brutal heatwave in the southern US drives up demand. More than 38 million people across the South
Intense heat in northern India has killed at least 166 people, overwhelming the electrical grid, hospitals, and morgues. “All our staff has been here for three days straight and are completely overworked,”
An "extremely severe" cyclone, named Biparjoy, is set to hammer India and Pakistan later this week, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes. Meanwhile, about 1,500 miles east across
Driven by a combination of an El Niño weather pattern, an intense heat dome, and the changing climate, much of Puerto Rico faced a heat index of over 100 degrees this week,
Extreme heat fueled by climate change kills more people in the US than any other weather-related event each year, and those who are at the greatest risk of dying are Black and
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) is warning that much of the US is at risk for power outages if the summer is as hot as scientists are forecasting. This marks
A historic heat wave is sweeping across the two continents, threatening vulnerable populations and triggering severe thunderstorms and flooding. Temps hit over 111 degrees Fahrenheit this past weekend in Vietnam, where the
Situated in the Sonoran Desert where temperatures have already been hitting the high 90s in April, the greater Phoenix area is the epicenter of heat-associated deaths in the U.S. Extreme heat poses
Record heat across Europe and Asia augurs peril for electrical grids across the Northern Hemisphere. Portugal, Spain, and Morocco all broke April heat records on Thursday, with Córdoba, in south-central Spain, breaking
At least one-third of people on Earth are currently experiencing record-breaking heat. The "worst April heat wave in Asian history," per climatologist and weather historian Maximiliano Herrera, spans more than 12 countries
Unhoused people make up just less than three-quarters of one percent of Los Angeles County's population, but they accounted for 5 of every 12 deaths from heat illness or exposure last year,
At least 24 people are dead and nearly 1,000 are injured as over 260 wildfires rage across Chile, fueled by a heatwave with record-breaking temperatures. The 104°F (40°C) heat is hampering efforts
With methane gas heating bills projected to be 28% higher than last winter, "wood banks" have become increasingly critical sources of heating fuel for people living on low- and fixed-incomes, the Guardian
Europe is basking in alarmingly warm temperatures. Just months after the summer heatwave that killed more than 20,000 people, record high January temperatures in eight countries on New Year's Day reflect what