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

He survived the hell of war and a POW camp, only to die in a heat wave in Chicago,” said a retired Army captain Thursday as ...

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the infamous 1995 Chicago heat wave​, which took 739 lives. One of them was a World ...

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

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 ...

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

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the infamous 1995 Chicago heat wave, which took 739 lives. As Shardaa Gray reports, ...

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

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

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 ...

Extreme temperatures during the summer of 1995 caught Chicago off guard. A relentless heat wave settled over the city, and with no clear emergency plan, the response fell dangerously short. More than ...