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The recent heat wave across Texoma has resulted in several cities breaking or tying temperature records set over 30 years ago, demonstrating an intense and prolonged period of high temperatures in the region.
Tennessee
The National Weather Service expects a dangerous heat wave to continue through Aug. 20 in West Tennessee. In Memphis, the maximum heat index — what the temperature feels like to the human body — is expected to remain at or above 107 degrees through Thursday. Heat indices in more rural areas of the state are […]
Wyoming
Greetings, and happy Friday!
Commentary
I don’t remember many epiphanies that I had as a fourth grader. But I remember one. I was standing in the tiled hallway of my suburban elementary school while other kids squealed and raced past the open classroom doors. On this day, the entire campus — the gymnasium, the parking lot, the playground and the […]
Colorado
A record-breaking stretch of high temperatures late last month was Colorado’s worst heat wave in the 75 years that such records have been collected, state climatologists said Tuesday. The four-day period from July 25 to 28 included the first- and third-hottest days in Colorado’s recorded history, as measured by the statewide average temperature. The statewide […]
States Newsroom
George Kenzy said he did all he could to prepare his family’s feedlot for extreme heat and humidity. That included extra water tanks, covering the ground with light-colored bedding to reduce heat absorption, and keeping the ground as wet as possible. “And it seemed like Mother Nature just had the upper hand on this one,” […]
New Mexico
Already this summer, 770 New Mexicans have visited statewide emergency rooms for heat-related illnesses. That’s more than all of last summer, according to the state Health Department, with more than a month remaining in the season.
Shreveport
WASKOM, Texas — The return to school marks the return of high school football across Texas, but local athletic programs are navigating stricter state-mandated rules designed to protect student-athletes from extreme heat.
States Newsroom
More than half of North Dakota is now in a drought, with blistering July heat shriveling crops and taking a toll on pastures. The U.S. Drought Monitor, which is updated weekly on Thursdays, shows a third of the state in moderate drought and more than 23% in extreme drought. The extreme drought area increased dramatically […]
