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Today in Chicago History: Temperature hit 106 degrees at Midway Airport during 1995 heat wave
30 years after deadly Chicago heat wave, threats persist as climate change elevates risks ...
30 years after historic heat wave, Chicagoans are still at risk
Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...
As L.A. bakes, duration of heat waves is accelerating faster than climate change, UCLA study shows
UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming ...
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Faced with US heat waves, Native American Navajo fight for electricity
Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's house -- ...
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Faced with US heat waves, the Navajo push for power—and A/C
Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's ...
Extreme heat is a killer. A recent heat wave shows how much more deadly it’s becoming
Human-caused climate change tripled the number of estimated deaths in the recent European heat wave, according to a new ...
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A heat wave hit New England’s grid. Clean energy saved the day.
On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and ...
Dr. Cory Franklin: I worked in Cook County Hospital during the 1995 heat wave. Here’s how it changed Chicago.
Because of the heat wave, 1995 will go down as an important year in Chicago history and to a certain extent in American medical history as well. It was then that we learned that in the summertime, the ...
30 years later: How deadly 1995 heat wave led to formation of Chicago's OEMC
In July 1995, a historic heat wave left more than 700 people dead. ABC7 is looking back on how the tragedy changed the way ...
Research Suggests Climate Change Added Excess Deaths in European Heat Wave
The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution calculated that climate change might have tripled the death toll from the ...
Drowning Deaths in France Spiked by 58% During Heat Wave, Authorities Say
PARIS (Reuters) -France's public health authority said on Friday that more than 100 people had died from drowning between ...
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Muggy heat wave expected to grip Quinte until at least Thursday
In a heat-wave advisory, forecasters said residents can expect daytime highs of 29 to 32 degrees Celsius and a humidex of 35 ...