Extreme levels of heat and humidity are forecast to spread across the country over the next two weeks, blanketing the Southwest, Midwest, and East Coast with high temperatures beginning this June 19 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A dangerous combination of heat and humidity is sweeping the Gulf region this week, hitting cities from Dubai to Doha. Dubai, for example, is forecast to see air temperatures hover ...

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis is expecting its hottest temperatures of the summer this week, but not all 100-degree days are created equal. Things like humidity, cloud cover and wind can all make the weather ...

Temperatures next week are expected to soar into the mid and low 90s, and the term “heat index” will be used in verbatim, but there is another way to determine how the heat will affect your body. That ...

July 30, 2001, was the first day of the Minnesota Vikings’ training camp. In a trailer not far from the football field, offensive tackle Korey Stringer sat on an examination table, bobbing his head as ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Although the heat index is more widely used, the wet bulb globe temperature has many strengths. Have you ever heard of Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT)? It’s not a new term, ...

An oppressive heat dome has gripped the eastern U.S. this week, prompting the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue heat warnings for nearly 170 million Americans. To make matters worse, severe ...

A 30-year-old farm worker in North Carolina died last September on a day that was fairly typical for the state. Temperatures were in the mid-90s and the heat index, which includes humidity, was 96 ...

Territories across the northern hemisphere are suffering through record-breaking heatwaves this summer. Climate scientists are publishing graphs with red lines jagging dangerously upwards as ...

Sports teams, firms with outdoor workers and the U.S. military all use wet bulb globe temperature to help decide if outdoor activity is safe. Here, a U.S. Navy corpsman checks a device that measure ...