Heat Wave

The state's wildfire response team is on alert for possible wildfires in North Texas.

As North Texas prepares to celebrate Independence Day Thursday and throughout the weekend, doctors share best practices for fireworks, heat and COVID-19 safety.

Dr. David Lary is leading efforts to better understand how to mitigate the effects of urban heat islands.

We want to know how this historic heat wave is affecting you and your everyday lives. Help us out be answering our survey.

Hot summer temperatures can make you anxious and irritable and dull your thinking. Here's what researchers think is going on.

For some Texans, watering a house's foundation is standard practice in the summer months. Whether it's beneficial or not is up for debate.

In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law undoing local protections that ensured breaks for laborers who spend their days in scorching heat. The law takes effect Sept. 1.

AC is now seen as essential – but the more we use it, the more we help heat the planet.

North Texas remains under a heat advisory through Friday night with triple-digit temperatures expected the remainder of the week. But you can expect a slight reprieve from the extreme heat.

Inmates say food melts in front of them and claim their cells' temperatures exceed 150 degrees.

Extreme temperatures present a significant challenge to AC systems, which engineers and installers say are really only designed to keep indoor temperatures about 20 degrees cooler than outside.

Dallas is collaborating with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to collect data from areas of the city most impacted by intense heat.