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Extreme heat

July 2024

  • A man walks through cooling mist

    America's dirty divide
    Urban heat island effect making temperatures 8F hotter in 65 US cities – study

  • a person splashes water on their head to cool off

    More heat deaths reported in Oregon as US heatwave continues to roast region

  • tan sign with 'Central California Women's Facility' in black letters

    ‘Like an oven’: death at US women’s prison amid heatwave sparks cries for help

  • a wildfire burns

    US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered

  • Motorcyclist dies from heat exposure in Death Valley as temperature reaches 128F

  • California firefighters battle huge blazes amid heatwave and dry conditions – video

  • Heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Arizona, have nearly doubled this year

  • Fast-moving wildfire erupts near Yosemite amid blistering heatwave

  • Nearly 30,000 people in northern California evacuated as raging wildfire spreads

  • Biden attacks Republican climate deniers as he unveils extreme-heat rules

  • Brutal heatwave to cook US west as Fourth of July wildfire risks loom

  • ‘My escape is going north’: heatwaves begin to drive tourists in Europe to cool climes

June 2024

  • US county map, colored by change in summer temperature

    Visualized: the parts of the US where summer heat has risen the most

  • A very thin woman raises a plastic bottle to her lips, in full sun with a blue tarp behind her.

    Big oil uncovered
    Lawyers could charge big oil with homicide after 2023 Arizona heatwave

  • A pregnant woman holds her belly

    America's dirty divide
    Why pregnant people are more at risk during heatwaves – and ways to stay safe

  • Apache Fire burns in Butte county, California on Monday, 24 June 2024.

    Wildfire breaks out in California near Paradise, site of state’s deadliest blaze

  • Heatwave scorches US over weekend as midwest sees deadly flooding

  • ‘Multiple disasters all in one day’: New Mexico’s brutal week of fire and flood

  • Heatwave continues to roast 65m people in US midwest and north-east

  • Big oil uncovered
    Elected officials in sweltering US states prioritizing fossil fuel cash over people

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