Extreme Heat

Florida lawmakers want to protect student athletes from sweltering temperatures, which can pose risk of heat strokes. The Senate Education committee...

More than a dozen warm weather records have been tied or broken in Florida over the past three days, and the unusual warmth is expected to continue...

Just a month after setting a record for the hottest September on record, Tampa can lay claim to yet another heat milestone.Monday's low temperature only…

The Pentagon says reported cases of heat exhaustion jumped nearly 50 percent between 2014 and 2018.

More than 45 million people across 14 Southern states are now in the midst of what’s being called a “flash drought” that’s cracking farm soil, drying up…

A moderate drought is now affecting much of the Florida Panhandle, and some cities haven’t received a drop of rain in more than four weeks. This comes...

Due to climate change, the world's oceans are getting warmer, rising higher, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic at an ever-faster pace and melting…

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.

Heatstroke tends to get the most attention during extreme heat waves. But other diseases are affected by high temperatures as well.

July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in a long line of peaks that scientists say backs up predictions for…

In anticipation of more heavy rain this week, the National Weather Service in Tampa has issued a Flood Watch for all of west-central Florida through…

First it was the heat, and now it's the rain.After enduring a few days of scorching conditions, the Tampa Bay area will have to deal with drenching rains,…