Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

Some storms on Tuesday could turn strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall being the primary threats.

It was a clean sweep Thursday! Temperatures reached 90 degrees at all three major observation sites: O’Hare International ...

A historic, deadly heat wave affected much of the Midwest and specifically Chicago in July of 1995. Over 700 deaths were ...

Another heat wave brings dangerous temps to Chicago area through Tuesday, forecasters say Forecasters warn of 100- to 105-degree heat index values through Tuesday, with potential storms offering ...

Thirty miles outside of Chicago, you will find a mass grave of 41 bodies in simple, unmarked pine boxes. The victims were the poor, the elderly and those who lived alone. All of them were laid to rest ...

After weeks of scorching the U.S. with dangerously high temperatures, a record-breaking heat dome will finally begin to break ...

A heat advisory continued Thursday for much of the Chicago area, with high temperatures in the 90s and peak heat index values between 105 and 110 degrees possible. But incoming showers and storms ...

Researchers track communities' vulnerability to heat in Chicago Everyone in the Chicago area was feeling the heat wave this week, and on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University, researchers ...