It's Getting Hot Out There
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Mandalay's Las Vegas Strip properties once again provide record results.
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Just because it's September, on autumn's cusp, don't expect cool, crisp air for the Washington area -- not just yet, at least. Today and tomorrow, it's still going to be hot, humid and summerlike.
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Wimbledon endured another wet afternoon Monday, this time because of perspiration. Centre Court spectators fanned themselves furiously in the relentless sunshine as a heat wave baked the lawn.
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Flames leap 200 feet in the air and burn at 2,000 degrees. A rain of fire sets thousands of acres ablaze. The smoke jumpers may get the glory, but the battle is being won by the wildfire-simulation brigade. By Michael Behar from Wired magazine.
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Dry weather spread across the Plains Friday, while an intense heat wave continued to push temperatures into the triple digits in the West.
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By DANA BARTHOLOMEW\\ Staff Writer  Blame the freeze. Blame the record dry spell. Whatever the cause, hills covered with tinder-dry brush could easily go up in smoke unless they see some rain -- soon.
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As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will be cranking up the air conditioning and pushing the city's power grid to the limit.
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HELENA, Mont., July 6 -- If a record-breaking heat wave doesn't lift soon, cattle rancher Sharon McDonald may see her hay crop turn to dust.
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You&#39;re speeding through space at 28 000 kilometres per hour, at times the outside temperature gets down to a chilling minus two hundred degrees Celsius, there is no quick getaway.
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Private forecaster AccuWeather said Friday record-breaking heat was expected to move eastward, resulting in temperatures that could reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in New York City and Washington, D.C. early next week.
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SCHOOL'S OUT FOR SUMMER -- and with temperatures hovering around 90 degrees this week, swimming is definitely a cool idea. But for many minority and low-income kids and families, there are too few opportunities to learn about safety in and near the water. The YMCA is trying to change that.
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Warm bodies wanted. But that's part of the problem.
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The planet isn't the only thing heating up because of climate change. Some renewable-energy stocks have been pretty hot, too.
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With the firesâ advance slowed, another phase of firefighting has begun.
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Human activity has raised the risk of more heat waves like last yearâs, which gave Europe probably its hottest summer since 1500, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Mother nature is fickle. Just two weeks ago, freezing ice and snow blanketed the region. Last week, she teased us with mild weather. Dare we say it? Spring is just around the corner.
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The Earth's rapid warming has pushed temperatures to their hottest level in nearly 12,000 years and within a hairbreadth of a million years, a study by the US space agency showed.