(AP) – More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change. But scientists say that ...

Summers in Louisiana are getting hotter and more dangerous, and the number of heat-related deaths in the state in recent years has hit record levels. But whether a death is classified as “heat-related ...

While Maricopa County's heat-related deaths were still brutally high in 2024, they showed their first annual decline in a decade.

Climate change is turbocharging heat waves, wildfires, floods and tropical storms, but how deadly have extreme weather events ...

The past 10 years have been the 10 warmest on record for the planet, according to the World Meteorological Organization. In the hottest big city in America, already on the edge of survivable ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Thirty-four people died from heat-related ...

Extreme heat has caused five deaths at national parks so far this year, according to the National Park Service. The deaths come as the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing the hottest summer on record.