Temperatures into the 90s are expected to hit Wednesday through Friday. LA and the rest of SoCal should be closer to normal ...

LOS ANGELES – A stubborn heat wave coupled with little precipitation across the West has led to an uptick in fire activity across the region, including one wildfire in California that has ...

Life sciences researchers in parts of the US and Europe tell The Scientist that they had to postpone projects—many of them, ironically, on the effects of drought—or otherwise had work disrupted by ...

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CHONGQING, China--China is experiencing its hottest heat wave ever, with temperatures exceeding ... has also put the nation in its most severe drought in decades, causing rivers here to dry ...

A surprise heat wave hit Central Asia in March, a new study published Friday showed, putting in danger crops and water supply ...

"With the help of high pressure and dry conditions, high temperatures will reach the middle to upper 80s and lower 90s each ...

A heat wave could bring near record-breaking temperatures ... which runs from October through September. Maps from the U.S. Drought Monitor have shown nearly all of the county in severe drought ...

If you look at the last century in New Mexico, stretches of higher temperatures have lengthened; heat waves are hotter ... 92% of New Mexico was experiencing drought, with almost 30% of the ...

Ward recalled the now-legendary Chicago heat wave that caused 739 heat-related deaths in July ... and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988 to include the impacts of heat and drought. “The experience of ...