extreme temperatures

Multnomah County recorded its highest-ever temperatures during heat dome conditions in 2021 that killed 69 people.

Environment Canada is warning of "torrential" rain brought by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl to southern Ontario and Quebec, with downpours that could last until Thursday.

The forecaster says the arctic air mass has settled over Yukon and the Northwest Territories with temperatures near -40 C and wind chill drop to to -55 before temperatures turn more seasonal by Saturday. 

A new analysis shows at least $2.8 trillion in damage from 2000 to 2019 through worsened storms, floods and heat waves.

As high temperature records fall across southern British Columbia, a wildlife rescue group is warning of the heat risks for animals.

African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have agreed to consider swapping debt to invest in climate action in a meeting of finance ministers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.

Lots of species are being forced to move to escape the heat. Some just can’t move very far.

Britain’s first−ever extreme heat warning is in effect for large parts of England as hot, dry weather that has scorched mainland Europe for the past week moves north, disrupting travel, health care and schools.

More than 3,000 firefighters battled alongside ordinary Portuguese citizens desperate to save their homes from several wildfires that raged across the European country on Thursday, July 14, 2022, fanned by extreme temperatures and drought conditions linked to climate change.

Leaders of Commonwealth nations are expected to call for increased climate action at a meeting in Rwanda this week, ahead of the United Nations climate change summit in the seaside resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt later this year.

Cell service is out in Lytton and the fire is making it still too dangerous to search.