Heat pumps work more efficiently than furnaces, but they don’t actually produce heat. Instead, they transfer heat from outdoors to indoors via a refrigeration system similar to that in an air ...

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More than 100 people have been affected by heat-related illnesses in Columbus during ongoing heat wave, according to data from Columbus Public Health. There were 33 emergency medical service runs and ...

Krystal Jackson ensures her daughter Mia gets a balance of time in the great outdoors and out of the blazing heat. Walking the line, she said, is challenging. "It's very hard to balance that, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is urging residents to prepare for the onset of what she is calling “extreme heat.” A heat wave expected to persist for four or five days will begin to ...

A woman with an umbrella to shield herself from the sun waits to cross Commonwealth Avenue in Boston's Kenmore Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning ...

Lafayette Parish officials have announced a new program to help residents deal with the increasing levels of dangerous summer heat in South Louisiana. The Lafayette Parish Office of Homeland Security ...

There have been more visits to the emergency room and urgent care in Virginia for heat-related illness this summer than any time over the last decade. The number of visits spiked June 24 with 249 ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — DC remained under an extreme heat alert as ‘feel like’ temperatures reached 105 degrees Tuesday. “This is not just uncomfortable heat; it can be dangerous to folks.

Summer only officially arrived last week, but after the weekend heat wave, some people might already be tired of it. That's probably because simply being outside could make someone flat-out tired. So ...