florida heat

Despite temperatures inside food trucks reaching triple digits, and the health risks that come with that, some food truck chefs said their passion outweighs the heat.

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is promoting a federal regulation after the Florida legislature signed a ban on local heat protections.

In April, OSHA officials drafted an initial framework that unanimously recommended moving forward with talks over federal rules to protect workers.

Efforts to establish protections for outdoor workers in Florida against the impacts of extreme heat have failed at the federal, state and local levels.

A study of several cities in Florida shows an average rise of as much as 3 degrees in the past century.

For the last 30 years, heat has been the biggest weather-related cause of death in the nation. Now, there's a tool to help the public and decision-makers try and prevent that loss of life.

The second heat wave over the course of two weeks is slated to arrive to most of Florida by Wednesday.

A London-based company states that Pinellas Park leads 20 Florida cities as the most humid cities in the U.S. A National Weather Service meteorologist says this might not be true.

A consulting group is tasked with identifying existing barriers that are inhibiting equity in Hillsborough County.

The study projects that by midcentury, without action on climate change, Florida's workers on average could potentially lose 33 work days per year due to extreme heat compared to five now.

Tampa again experienced a near-record hot July last month, coming in second to July 2020 by just half a degree.

Areas east of Tampa are under a Heat Advisory, meaning feels-like temperatures are expected to be between 110 and 115.