ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - As we experience heat waves here at home – research shows heat can affect communities unequally. When driving from Southwest Roanoke to the Hope Center in Northwest Roanoke, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — As we all know, Hampton Roads has a mixture of cities, rural towns, and farmland, but where you live can affect how hot the day gets. This has to do with albedo, or the measurement of ...

U.S. cities are getting hotter and hotter, threatening the health and even the lives of millions of residents across the country. These urban heat islands—representing hotspots that are warmer than ...

Chris and Rachel Powers were ready for their second drive of the day when they parked outside a bakery in Houston’s East End. They cracked the passenger-side window of their Audi and fastened a ...

PHOENIX — Extreme heat is the leading weather-related killer in the United States, with heat waves responsible for more deaths than other extreme weather events like tornadoes, flooding, or hurricanes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Does it feel hotter on your ...

AUSTIN, Texas — As Austin sails through what is likely to become the hottest July on record, the last thing we want to hear about is an increase in temperatures. Unfortunately, new data from Climate ...

An Urban heat island is the warmer temperature inside a bigger city. Some cities across the U.S. are notorious for having hotter temperatures by a few degrees when compared to surrounding temperature ...