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Summer 2023 broke heat records across the globe but climate experts say it could be the coolest summer we experience for the rest of our lives.

Daniil Medvedev has reached his fourth U.S. Open semifinal as the heat and humidity continue to rise at the Grand Slam tennis tournament.

While some crops were damaged by frost and flooding earlier this year, farmers say this week’s heat wave won’t do damage to their fall crops.

Schools across Connecticut dismissed early and cut back on athletic activities due to another day of extreme heat.

“We can still avoid the worst of climate chaos – and we don’t have a moment to lose,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Although summer is coming to an unofficial close with Labor Day weekend wrapping up, Connecticut residents cannot expect the heat wave to let up. Temperatures over the next few days are forecast to rise close to or into the low 90s, paired with humidity. Governor Ned Lamont is activating Connecticut’s extreme hot weather protocol from noon Tuesday to 8...

Prosecutors charged the 62-year-old van driver on Tuesday with a felony count of child negligence resulting in death

A zoo outside Athens is feeding animals with frozen meals to help shield them from the searing heat as heat wave temperatures return to Greece.

It’s so hot in Arizona’s capital that not even the cactuses are surviving.

Dangerously hot conditions arrived in the tri-state Thursday and are expected to last through the weekend in what is expected to be the first heat wave of the summer. These hot conditions have proven dangerous time and time again. Hot temperatures kill hundreds of people every year with heat-related deaths topping more than 700 every year in the United States…

A new analysis found that more than 41 million Americans live in neighborhoods that are at least 8 degrees hotter than surrounding areas.

The mid-summer heat wave is on. With temperatures reaching the mid-90s expected later this week, hydrating and staying indoors with an air conditioning unit are a few ways to stay cool, but generally, that comes with a cost. “I don’t even want to know. I’m afraid to look at my bill but I assume it’s going to be higher...

Report warns: Urgent climate intervention required to prevent intensifying heatwaves and protect vulnerable populations.

The extreme heat scorching Phoenix set a new record Tuesday, the 19th consecutive day temperatures hit at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) in a summer of suffering echoing around much of the globe.

Most visitors to Death Valley National Park only make it a short distance to any site at the hottest and driest place on Earth before returning to the sanctuary of an air-conditioned vehicle.

Extreme heat can increase the chances people experience heat exhaustion and heat stroke. There are ways to avoid heat-related illnesses.

NBC Connecticut traveled to Hammonasset State Park to talk to beachgoers enjoying the hot weather.

Connecticut has officially reached its first wave of the year, meaning the state has seen three consecutive days with temps above 90 degrees. Friday is the seventh day overall this year that we’ve seen temperatures above 90 degrees. But it also marks the first heat wave of 2023. The humidity is uncomfortable and the “feels-like” temperatures are approaching 95. It…

Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday beat a record set Tuesday, and came after a previous record that was set on Monday.