Chicago anticipates a heat wave next week with a slight cool down today, and potential thunderstorms as the heat peaks.

From July 12 to 15 in 1995, the heat index soared above 120 degrees, killing 739 people in the deadliest natural disaster in ...

Tool shows history of heat-related deaths, demographics, land use and air conditioning access across communities.

Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.

Chicago commemorates the 1995 Heat Wave victims and honors WWII hero Emilio Aguirre with initiatives for future heat ...

CHICAGO—Cheryl Johnson was watching the news during the worst heat wave in her city’s history when she learned that a man she’d known since she was a child had been found dead on the steps of a church ...

Chicago cools off today before storms this weekend and a scorching heat wave next week that may bring the hottest weather of the season.

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

Thirty years after a heat wave left more than 700 people dead, Northwestern researchers asked residents to rank solutions for ...

Excessive heat is America's number one weather killer most years. This heat wave 30 years ago claimed hundreds of lives in ...

Heat is the number one weather related killer,” Dr. Sheetal Rao says. “This is preventable and that with education and ...

Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster. Dorothy ...