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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Temperatures reached record highs in multiple states on Wednesday, as a heat wave that has been scorching the West since last week ...

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Hundreds more records are in jeopardy today through the weekend before we see a pattern change. Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and Oklahoma City are just a few places that could see record heat this ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An upper-level heat high pressure system that gave us five straight days of record-breaking heat is back again before a cooldown. It starts Tuesday and goes through Thursday with ...

California saw abnormally high temperatures in March during a heat wave. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Communities across the Western United States are in for another week of ...

We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around the world that was made more likely by human-caused climate change. Climate Matters is ...

Phoenix is experiencing a record-breaking early-season heat wave, with temperatures well above normal. The heat wave has already shattered multiple daily records, with one day reaching 20 degrees ...

Nearly 9.5 million people across the U.S. Southwest face extreme high temperatures, as an ongoing heat wave continues to topple records and raise the risk of wildfires as far away as the Great Plains.

East Idaho just lived through one of the most extraordinary heat events in the region’s history — and forecasters say the record-breaking warmth isn’t over yet. The National Weather Service said last ...