Above-average temperatures for North Texas this week
Tuesday looks to be the hottest day of the week.
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Tuesday looks to be the hottest day of the week.
The world set yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly U.S., a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, the European climate service Copernicus says.
Researchers say human-caused climate change dealt people an average of nearly six weeks of extra extreme heat in 2024, while also fueling more destructive storms.
From 1999-2023, the Journal of American Medical Association recorded 21,518 deaths where heat was either the underlying cause or the contributing cause of death, likely an underestimation, they say.
The protest comes days after a Texas UPS driver passed out behind the wheel of his truck in the extreme heat.
Local police said a preliminary investigation shows the child's grandmother left the baby in the rear seat of the car.
The widow of a UPS driver who died last year is calling for safer conditions for workers as temperatures spike.
The First Alert weather team has issued an for the west side of North Texas due to an excessive heat warning.
The National Association of EMS Officials recommends "Cool First, Transport Second" for patients whose body temperature is over 104 degrees.
The frontal boundary is knocking on our door.
The driver's identity has not been released.
The high of 106 is just shy of a record, but some areas in North Texas could see air temperatures above 108.
The Excessive Heat Warning continues through Monday evening, 9 p.m.
The oppressive heat breaks Tuesday into Wednesday.
The woman, a resident of Dallas, died without pre-existing medical conditions, officials said.
An Excessive Heat Warning will go into place at noon Friday and continue into the evening.
NOAA forecasters say there's a 77% chance that 2024 will be the warmest year on record, after July marked the 14th consecutive monthly record.
Heat indices Monday could be close to Heat Advisory criteria.
While five states have laws in place protecting workers from excessive heat, for decades there have been no federal protections.
Temperatures slightly decrease starting Friday and into the weekend before triple-digit heat returns next week.
Heat advisories will likely be needed by Wednesday.
It's August and the hottest time of the year, we expect the heat.
Friday is going to put Thursday to shame. We're forecasting our hottest day of the year so far.
A heat advisory is issued for Monday, possibly to be extended to Tuesday.
Airline officials say they are aware of a series of incidents where cans have ruptured, resulting in an onboard mess and reports of about 20 injuries to employees so far this summer.
