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30 years after historic heat wave, Chicagoans are still at risk
Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...
How Zoos Keep Animals Cool During Heat Waves
In the United States, heat waves break out every summer. While people can jump in their pools, go to the beach, hit the lake, ...
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Faced with US heat waves, Native American Navajo fight for electricity
Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's house -- ...
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It’s official! The first heat wave in a year for Syracuse
It’s been quite hot and humid in July, but in order to get a heat wave CNY needs to have 3 consecutive 90+ degree days. The ...
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Faced with US heat waves, the Navajo push for power—and A/C
Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's ...
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A heat wave hit New England’s grid. Clean energy saved the day.
On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and ...
Dr. Cory Franklin: I worked in Cook County Hospital during the 1995 heat wave. Here’s how it changed Chicago.
Because of the heat wave, 1995 will go down as an important year in Chicago history and to a certain extent in American medical history as well. It was then that we learned that in the summertime, the ...
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Muggy heat wave expected to grip Quinte until at least Thursday
In a heat-wave advisory, forecasters said residents can expect daytime highs of 29 to 32 degrees Celsius and a humidex of 35 ...