Monsoon clouds were popping up in the southwest valley near Blue Diamond around noon. From south of Summerlin north to Cheyenne was hit with quick downpours.
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After two women were bitten by a coyote while walking in Henderson’s Pittman Wash, the Nevada Department of Wildlife is advising increased caution the area.
Clouds and rain covered a majority of the valley Saturday afternoon, dropping temperatures from 110 to about 95 as of 7 p.m.
An optometrist gives advice on how to protect your eyes from the sun amid the blistering heat of summer in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas reached 115 degrees or higher for seven consecutive days and 10 days at 110 or hotter.
Some problems on the road are caused by the heat, but people also need to service their vehicles, a supervisor with NDOT’S Freeway Service Patrol says.
A man from Arkansas alleges that a Las Vegas dancer he met at a gentleman’s club defrauded him out of millions of dollars.
“It’s still pretty warm through Friday,” meteorologist Brian Planz said. “We can add to the five-day streak for a day or two.”
Shaquille O’Neal’s foundation is set to build a Boys Girls Club in east Las Vegas, the NBA Hall of Famer said.
A park ranger shot and killed a person at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, officials say.
Las Vegas sweltered through its fifth straight day of highs above 115 on Wednesday. The valley saw 118, marking the first time the Las Vegas airport had two straight days at 118.
Workers with Help of Southern Nevada traveled the streets with flyers about heat, water and vehicles to transport homeless people to cooling centers.
With a heat dome barely moving, a high of 119 is forecast for Wednesday as record heat scorches the entire West.
A bicyclist struck by two vehicles in the east Las Vegas Valley has died, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
The National Weather Service’s three-level system of watches, advisories and warnings help keep people informed when temperatures climb to dangerous levels.
Projected highs over the next three days will be around 117, the previous high temperature in Las Vegas before Sunday’s 120 record.
Scorching temperatures that have set an all-time heat record in the valley are forecast to stick around this week. Monday was cooler, but highs are expected to ramp up Tuesday.
Amid sweltering temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley, doctors at University Medical Center have seen a spike in pavement burns in recent weeks.
Three people are dead after two hit-and-run crashes in the Las Vegas Valley.
After the Sphere’s debut on the Fourth of July last year, the entertainment venue dazzled Las Vegas again with a new and improved Independence Day Exosphere show.
There are three main types: heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The first death occurred May 27 just as the extreme record heat of June began.