Southern California faces a record-breaking winter heat wave with temperatures surging 20 to 30 degrees above seasonal norms, bringing high risks for millions of residents through Friday.

A March heat wave could bring record-breaking temperatures over 100 degrees to parts of California, weather experts say.

A new study shows heat waves increasingly trigger sudden, severe droughts across the world as the planet warms.

When a hurricane passes, the wind and floodwater grab the headlines, but the days and weeks that follow can be just as lethal. Prolonged power outages strip survivors of air conditioning, ...

“Storms are a natural part of Earth's system and are not going away,” William Ripple, co-lead author of the 2025 State of the Climate report, told TIME in an email. “We are not losing storms; we are ...

Climate change is projected to make such events more common, but in the so-called "air-conditioned city," those without access to cooled air are most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses.