The Latest Breaking News on Heat waves

The Warm Home Prescription pilot, which aims to cover the cost of heating for patients who suffer from medical conditions that worsen in the cold, has already benefitted 28 low-income patients.

The heater is perfect for keeping you warm this winter without racking up a hefty heating bill!

Most pressing issue was missing in action in the 2022 midterm elections

A small trial is now being expanded to more patients

Texas officials claimed that no prisoners have been killed by heat. A new report shows they're wrong

Gas imports in 2021 could have been cut by a fifth, according to researchers.

(This Nov. 13 story has been corrected to show sea is overall 1.2C warmer than 30 years ago, not 0.4C, in 18th paragraph)

If nothing is done, heatwaves could lead to the deaths of 90,000 Europeans each year by the end of the century, the European Environment Agency said. "Without adaptation measures, and under a scenario of 3 degrees Celsius global warming by 2100, 90,000 Europeans could die from extreme heat annually," it…

The World Health Organization has revealed that at least 15,000 people died in Europe because of extreme hot weather in 2022, with Spain and Germany among the worst-affected countries.