OMAHA, Neb. — Scorching weather hitting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. forced schools and outdoor workers to scramble to adjust Tuesday — and claimed the life of a 1-year-old girl left in a Nebraska day care center’s van on one of the hottest days of the year. Officers and… Continue reading 1-year-old left in day care van dies as Nebraska temperatures soar in heat wave
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Bodies found in Alexandroupolis amid Europe heat wave
Greek firefighters found the bodies of 18 people in an area ravaged by a major wildfire burning for days, authorities said Tuesday. Hundreds of firefighters have struggled to control major wildfires burning out of control for days in northeastern Greece and on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, with strong winds fanning the flames and prompting… Continue reading Bodies found in Alexandroupolis amid Europe heat wave
Heat wave take toll on Arizona’s desert ecology
Frank Reichenbacher worries it will soon be over for his Tumamoc globeberry — a rare Sonoran desert vine that features a fruit that looks like a tiny watermelon and tastes like dirt. For 41 years, Reichenbacher, an associate researcher at the University of Arizona’s Tumamoc Desert Lab, has followed the same three patches of the… Continue reading Heat wave take toll on Arizona’s desert ecology
A West Coast ocean heat wave adds to a summer of extremes
An intense marine heat wave has developed off the U.S. West Coast, pushing sea surface temperatures more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal. The expanse of warm water in the Pacific Ocean, being tracked by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, first formed and started growing more than 1,000 miles offshore in May. In… Continue reading A West Coast ocean heat wave adds to a summer of extremes
‘It’s Called Summer’: GOP Brushes Off Record Heat Wave
Unless you’ve been living underground or have a vested interest in turning a blind eye to reality, you know that climate change has sent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels around the planet this summer. Two global climate organizations on Thursday confirmed that July is on track to be the single hottest month on record. It… Continue reading ‘It’s Called Summer’: GOP Brushes Off Record Heat Wave
‘One-Man Crime Wave’: Chris Christie Rips Trump For ‘Self-Inflicted’ Legal Troubles
Christie, an ex-Trump ally turned critic running for president, slammed the former president after “Pod Save America” host Jon Lovett asked him if he’s heard of anyone facing between “four and six trials within a few months for different legal issues.” “No, no. Usually, folks like this commit discrete crimes and wind up having one… Continue reading ‘One-Man Crime Wave’: Chris Christie Rips Trump For ‘Self-Inflicted’ Legal Troubles