Meteorologists say July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880.
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El Nino is the periodic warming of parts of the Pacific that affects weather worldwide and dampens storm activity.
New York City authorities canceled a Times Square commemoration of the 1969 moon landing.
Public housing officials in Chicago were planning wellbeing checks on residents as the heat and humidity are expected to mount to dangerous levels over a substantial portion of the U.S.
The heat goes on: Earth sizzled to its hottest June on record as the climate keeps going to extremes.
National Guard troops and rescue crews in high-water vehicles took up positions around the state.
Several people were hurt when a possible tornado tore a roof off an Arkansas apartment building, part of a line of storms dumping more rain Thursday on already drenched areas.
Powerful storms swept across the South on Sunday after unleashing suspected tornadoes and flooding that killed at least eight people, injured dozens and flattened much of a Texas town.
Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold.
A deadly arctic deep freeze enveloped the Midwest with record-breaking temperatures on Wednesday, triggering widespread closures of schools and businesses, and the canceling of more than 1,500 flights from Chicago’s airports.