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20 Surprising Tips to Stay Cool
Diego3336 via Flickr 1 of 20 Temperatures are soaring across the Western U.S. Death Valley could reach 129 degrees over the weekend, and Phoenix and Las Vegas could both hit 117 or 118 degrees on...
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Phoenix, Las Vegas Bake in Scorching Heat
Updated Friday, June 28, 2013, 8:32 p.m. ET Five-year-old Ashawn Rabb runs through a fountain of water at the Red Ridge Park kids water park, Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Las Vegas. Children with their...
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Photos: Extreme Heat Wave Hits Southwest
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson 1 of 10 Mike Bouse of Henderson, Nev., shades himself with an umbrella as he floats in the waters along Boulder Beach at Lake Mead, Saturday, June 29, 2013 near Boulder City,...
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Opens to Public in Florida
The space shuttle Atlantis with payload bay doors open and the Canada arm deployed is displayed inside the Atlantis exhibit building at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center in Florida on June 7, 2013....
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Death Valley Heat to Approach All-Time World Record
Eric Varone, right, takes a picture as Floriane Golay, of Switzerland watches, in Death Vally National Park Friday, June 28, 2013 in Badwater, Calif. The heat across the West is so intense that Death...
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Southwest Braces for More Sizzling Temperatures
Updated Sunday, June 30, 2013, 7:26 p.m. ET Dan Kail, 67, of Pittsburg Pa., walks through the sand dunes in Death Vally National Park Friday, June 28, 2013, near Stovepipe Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris...
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Tropical Storm Dalila Forms in Pacific off Mexico
Updated Sunday, June 30, 2013, 2:35 p.m. ET MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Dalila is churning across the Pacific off southwest Mexico, and authorities have issued a tropical storm warning for a large...
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Watch: Frying an Egg in Death Valley National Park
Sure, people talk about frying an egg when temperatures soar, but how many actually try it? The temperature in Death Valley reached a scoarching 128 degrees Saturday, and that's when National Park...
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Phoenix Forecasters Literally 'Bake' in the Heat
June 30, 2013 (Charlotte Dewey / National Weather Service) On Friday, the day before the city hit a record of 119 degrees, Phoenix-based National Weather Service forecasters decided to harness the...
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19 Firefighters Die Battling Arizona Wildfire
A wildfire burns homes in Yarnell, Ariz., on Sunday, June 30, 2013. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Kadlubowski) YARNELL, Arizona (AP) - An out-of-control blaze overtook an elite group of...
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Tropical Storm Dalila Swirls Off Mexico's Coast
(NOAA) MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Dalila (dah-LY-lah) continues to swirl off Mexico's Pacific coast. The storm has maximum sustained winds early Monday near 45 mph with some possibility of...
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Death Valley Ties U.S. June High Temp Record
Updated Monday, July 1, 2013, 1:33 p.m. ET Kevin Martin of Corona, California, poses for a snapshot by an unofficial thermometer reading at Furnace Creek Visitor Center reading 128 degrees on June 30,...
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Drought Cancels July 4th Fireworks
(Getty Images) With severe to exceptional drought sitting across most of the western half of the nation, many will have to forego fireworks displays this year as fire bans limit their use. Fire...
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East Faces More Flooding Downpours Into July 4th
(Getty Images) Showers and thunderstorms capable of triggering new flash flooding incidents and localized severe weather will continue to plague the East through the first part of the week and into...
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Photos: Yarnell Hill Wildfire Claims Lives of 19 Firefighters
Tom Story/The Arizona Republic/AP Photo 1 of 14 At least 19 firefighters were killed Sunday, while battling a fast-moving wildfire in Arizona. It was the deadliest incident of its kind in the United...
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Watch: Radar Shows Giant Bug Storm Over Texas
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America's Best Fourth of July Fireworks Displays
iStockphoto 1 of 13 Every Independence Day, people across the country gather to watch fireworks light up the night sky. While a drought has forced the cancellation of the private use of fireworks in...
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Hotshots Killed in Ariz. Fire Remembered, Mourned
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, Ariz., were killed Sunday when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix. It was the deadliest...
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Dalila Becomes Hurricane Off Mexico Coast
Updated Tuesday July 2, 2013, 2:25 p.m. ET MIAMI (AP) - Dalila (dah-LY-lah) has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves away from Mexico's Pacific coast and is expected to weaken again. The storm...
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Why This Year's Heat Wave Is So Scary
United States Postal Service letter carrier Brian Johnson, 55, takes a break from his 400-house mail route to hydrate with some water Monday, July 1, 2013, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ralph Freso)...
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