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A new study from researchers with the University of Miami, FIU and others found that many parts of the county could get an average of 6 degrees hotter than the official reading.
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The county will serve as a test case for the new heat warning levels. If they work well, the weather service may make them permanent and export them to other Florida counties.
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High humidity limits the ability for sweat to evaporate off our skin and cool. This, in addition to warming night temperatures, makes it difficult for the body to get any respite from heat.
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With soaring temperatures comes high heat that could prove a danger to vulnerable people like young children, the elderly and those exposed to the outdoors for long periods of the day.
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A record-setting wave over Florida this week could bring temperatures in the mid- to upper 90s and heat indices near 110 degrees, forecasters say.
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Jane Gilbert is the newly appointed interim chief heat officer for Miami-Dade. She has a task force focused on variables that make lower-income communities vulnerable to heat-related adversity.
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Hotter neighborhoods tend to be poorer in dozens of major U.S. cities. That extra heat can have serious health effects for those living there.
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It’s the middle of August in Florida, which means we should be accustomed to the sweltering, suffocating heat we’ve been sweating through across the...
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By Steve Newborn In 1995, a heat wave killed more than 700 people in Chicago. It affected mostly elderly, African-American women who lived on their own....