Americans share struggles to stay cool as energy costs rise – CBS News Watch CBS News Electricity costs are surging as climate change makes the hottest days of the year even hotter. David Schechter reports. Source link
Dallas — Angela Harmon and her grandson Leo headed out on a hot day in Dallas, Texas, to a neighborhood store that is run by their church. It’s where they keep cool because running Harmon’s air conditioner at home is more than she can afford. “It’s costly, it’s expensive, and I have to juggle to…
Southeastern states are seeing high temperatures again Thursday while the Northeast and Midwest get a break from the heat wave. Meanwhile, the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions are bracing for excessive rainfall and states in the Midwest are under air quality alerts due to Canadian wildfire smoke. The Southeast will see temperatures in the high 80s and…
Phoenix firefighters turn to low-tech solution to battle deadly heatstroke – CBS News Watch CBS News As extreme heat continues to grip large parts of the country, cities like Phoenix are turning to an unlikely — and remarkably effective — lifesaving tool: bags of ice. Ben Tracy reports for Climate Central. Source link
Humid and hot across South Florida with another day of triple-digit “feels-like” temperatures Humid and hot across South Florida with another day of triple-digit “feels-like” temperatures 02:50 About half the country is under active heat advisories on Monday, affecting more than 198 million Americans, according to the National Weather Service. The extreme heat is expected…
For the last 16 years, Isabel has worked harvesting carrots, lemons and grapes in the Coachella Valley. The undocumented mother of three — who, like others The Times spoke with, declined to give her last name out of fear for her family’s safety — says the heat in recent summers has been increasingly difficult to…
Heat dome drives extreme humidity Deadly heat dome scorches Midwest and South as humidity climbs 02:23 The extreme heat that has baked much of the central United States this week is slowly shifting east ahead of the weekend, forecasters said. More than 130 million Americans across at least 20 states are under heat alerts on…
A local government in China has been panned by internet users for making two cleaners spend four hours in the scorching heat searching for a small watch lost by a tourist. In early July, a woman from Shenzhen, southern China, took her child to Datong in the northern province of Shanxi by train. She accidentally…
A newly-deputized police dog died Sunday in Georgia, after her handler left her alone in a hot car for “an unacceptable amount of time,” said the sheriff’s office where the K-9 provided her services. Named K-9 Georgia, the dog died in the kennel inside of her handler’s patrol vehicle as the heat index rose to…
Extreme heat challenges crews at Phoenix airport – CBS News Watch CBS News The summer surge of flyers has Southwest Airlines ground crews in Phoenix working to beat the clock and triple-digit temperature as they turn 200 flights a day. Kris Van Cleave reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news,…