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Hot Weather Continues As Records Smash Across UK

PA | Posted 12.01.2011

The heatwave is set to continue well into next week in parts of Britain, following a weekend of record-breaking temperatures. The mer...

Suburban School District Closes 19 Schools Over Heat

Posted 11.02.2011

High temperatures have caused a west suburban school district to cancel Friday classes in 19 un-air conditioned elementary schools in Naperville, Boli...

Record-Breaking Heat Broils U.S. As Storm Looms Near

Posted 10.03.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters/Wendell Marsh) - Record-breaking heat continued to broil central and southern states on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Emily threat...

Six Ways To Keep Cool Today

Inhabitat | Posted 09.21.2011

About to pass out from the oppressive heat wave hitting the city today? Use your last ounce of strength to check out our 6 simple ways to cool down in...

Hot Enough for You? (Cool Enough for Him)

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.20.2011

Rick Horowitz

The sun is a furnace. The sun is an oven. The sun is clichés he hasn't even thought of yet. It's time for... Basement Man.

Heat 'Dome' Puts U.S. In Pressure Cooker

AP | By TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 09.19.2011

CHICAGO -- If the extreme heat and humidity lingering over much of the nation feels like a steam bath, it's because the same principles are at work in...

Triple Digits Across The Country

Reuters | By Molly O'Toole | Posted 09.16.2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fiery reds and oranges nearly covered the United States on meteorologist maps as a massive heat wave hit hard in much of th...

Heatwave Gripping Half Of U.S. Expected To Last For Days

AP | STEPHEN SINGER | Posted 08.09.2011

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A third day of unseasonable heat blistered the eastern half of the country Thursday, making tornado cleanup miserable in Ma...

Bang Ye, China's Shirt-Rolling Men, Defy Etiquette Crackdown To Beat Heat

LA Times | John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

From the countryside to sophisticated urban centers such as Beijing, men of all ages, social standing and stomach sizes resort to a public display of ...

2010 On Track To Become Hottest Year On Record

McClatchy | Lulu Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

Worldwide, 2010 is on track to become the warmest year on record. Scientists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies reported recently that ...

IT'S REALLY HOT: And Going To Stay That Way (For Awhile At Least)

Posted 05.25.2011

The hot and sticky weather you have been complaining about for the past two days will unfortunately be sticking around--possibly until the end of July...

PHOTOS: New Yorkers Beat The Heat

Posted 05.25.2011

Temperatures are rising into the triple digits all along the East Coast, including in New York City. The city reached 103 degrees Tuesday in Central...

Coming Heat Wave Threatens East Coast

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The heat wasn't going to keep Jerryll Freels inside on his vacation. The 28-year-old made his way through Times Square on Monday, co...