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By early Wednesday afternoon, the heat index was at 116, tying July 14, 1995 for second highest heat index on record for the city of Chicago’s climate site. The highest heat index on record at the city of Chicago’s official climate site is 118 degrees, set on July 13, 1995.

Tropical Storm Franklin brings torrential rain to Dominican Republic and Haiti on Wednesday

Sweltering temperatures are lingering in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico almost to the Great Lakes

The summer of 2023 may be drawing to a close, but the extreme heat is not

A fire official says a Rhode Island tornado lifted a car off an interstate as severe weather swept over storm-weary New England, damaging homes

Officials say two people may have died and temperature records have been broken in a Pacific Northwest heat wave

Temperatures will linger in the triple digits for parts of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana this week, with little relief coming at night.

The wildfires that killed more than 100 people in Maui are the deadliest to hit the U.S. in more than a century. Here's a look back at some of the country's most lethal blazes and lessons learned.

Wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed at least 96 people, making it the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century