The study is expected to inform solutions to keep Philadelphians safe from dangerous heat waves made worse by climate change. Temperature and air quality sensors attached to Carolyn Martin's car.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Hundreds of volunteers hit the streets this weekend to map hot spots around Oklahoma City. However, with the hiccups in the weather, they faced challenges they weren’t expecting ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There’s a new Portland metro project focused on keeping people safe from unhealthy and sometimes deadly heat. Officials now have a heat mapping tool to help them make decisions ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An ambitious project starts Saturday, aimed at learning more about which neighborhoods in the Portland metro feel the most harmful effects of rising temperatures. One hundred ...

A heat map released by Metro Councilmember Tasha Ellis (District 29) shows where NDOT crews have been working the most to ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTSMOUTH — Environmental group leaders are working with Portsmouth residents to help solve the city’s urban heat problem, ...

An area of unincorporated Gwinnett County near Norcross is among 18 global communities selected to take part this summer in a program to map areas of extreme heat, the leading cause of weather-related ...

INDIANA, USA — In the summer, temperatures can vastly differ from in town to rural areas, even in a span of just a few miles. Different surfaces absorb and release heat at varying intensities. There ...

ASHEVILLE - Local nonprofit GreenWorks will map the hottest neighborhoods in Asheville and parts of Buncombe County, one of 18 cities in an international study on extreme heat in urban areas. On the ...