The devastating economic toll of severe heat waves
Melting airport runways, crop failures and lower economic output are likely to become commonplace with more frequent heat waves.
Heat Wave
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Dangerous heat wave hits U.S. and Europe; Package sizes for products get smaller as companies react to inflation
What's driving Europe's extreme heat wave
The dangerous heat wave in Europe is breaking records and fueling wildfires across the region, CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports. New York Times climate reporter Henry Fountain speaks with CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on what's driving the life-threatening conditions.
100 million in U.S. under heat-related warnings
Above-normal temperature reaching into the triple digits are expected over the next several days across the country.
London wakes up to the grim realities of heat wave hell
"This is the climate change that we've been promised," one expert tells CBS News, and it is "here to stay."
Heatwave in Europe escalates
Dozens of buildings were destroyed across London on Tuesday, the hottest day ever recorded in the U.K. Ramy Innocencio reports on how European countries are battling with the dangerous effects of climate change.
Millions of Americans under heat alert
Around 120 million Americans are facing excessive heat warnings and advisories this morning. Kris Van Cleave reports from Dallas, Texas, where it's expected to be nearly 110 degrees.
U.S., Europe swelter under historic heatwave
Both the United States and Europe are bearing the brunt of a brutal heatwave. In Great Britain alone, 34 locations recorded historic high temperatures Tuesday. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports from London, while Sherri Goodman, former U.S. deputy under secretary of defense, and a senior fellow at the Wilson Center, discusses the climate emergency.
Europe bakes under deadly heat wave
Britain shattered its record for the highest temperature ever recorded, while multiple fires burned in an around London amid Europe's heatwave. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Brutal heat wave blankets U.S. and Europe
Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes has the latest on the brutal heatwave both in the U.S. and in Europe.
Millions in U.S. and Europe face extreme heat as wildfires break out
The National Weather Service said that more than 60 new record highs will be set across 20 states by the end of the week.
Extreme heat in London melts airport runway
The U.K. hit its hottest day on record Tuesday afternoon with temperatures exceeding 104ºF.
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Excessive heat warnings for much of U.S.; Maryland voters head to the polls
U.S. faces dangerous heat wave
More than 40 million people in the United States under a heat advisory Tuesday. As climate change raises temperatures, heat waves are becoming increasingly dangerous. Many in Texas are having to conserve power and water. CBS News's Kris Van Cleave takes a look.
Europe heat wave turns deadly
In Spain, wildfires engulfed farmland and lead to one man's narrow escape, and a heat wave across Europe presents record temperatures. As Roxana Saberi reports, the UK warns of widespread impacts on infrastructure.
Europe faces record-breaking heat wave
Europe is facing a record-breaking heat wave. The UK has declared a state of emergency, wildfires are burning across Spain, France and Greece and hundreds of deaths in Portugal and Spain have been attributed to the extreme heat. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio is in London's Hyde Park where people are turning to public lakes for relief.
Britain bakes as heat wave delivers record high temperatures
Many in the U.K. thought it would be years before they were subjected to temperatures like this, but the mercury is still soaring, and records are dropping.
Brutal heat and wildfires grip Europe
The brutal heat in Europe is fueling deadly wildfires in some areas. In the UK, a country not accustomed to this type of weather, many people are struggling to cope. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joined "CBS News Mornings" from London with details.
Expert: La Niña bringing "all sorts of weather" to U.S.
Nearly 40 million Americans in parts of California, Arizona, and the Central Plains are also facing excessive heat temperatures.
Heat grips Texas, Arizona, Great Plains
The Texas power grid is strained as fires destroy homes in the state, and a heat wave drives temperatures higher across the Central Plains states. Kris Van Cleave has more.
Brits could see hottest day ever as heat wave fuels fires across Europe
Largely un-airconditioned London could boil over 100 degrees as wildfires char parched land in Spain, Portugal and France.
Fires scorch France and Spain as temperature-related deaths soar in Europe
The scorching temperatures have reached as far north as Britain, where its weather agency has issued its first-ever "red warning" of extreme heat.
States brace for dangerous heatwave
The triple digit temperatures pose an increased risk of heat illnesses, officials say.
Dangerous heat threatens Western U.S.
Brutal and dangerous heat is once again in the forecast across the Plains and Western U.S., with temperatures topping 100 degrees from Montana to Oklahoma. Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Bettes has the forecast.
Historic drought in Italy threatens pasta
Italy's farmers are facing devastation because of relentless heat waves and a record drought. As Chris Livesay reports from an olive orchard where half the production has died, Italian specialty products will soon be less plentiful and more expensive.
Trump suggests Chicago next for federal crime crackdown, then New York City
President Trump also said he's willing to bring in the "regular military," not just the National Guard.
Ghislaine Maxwell's interview on Epstein case released by DOJ
The Justice Dept. released transcripts of Deputy AG Todd Blanche's two-day interview with convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
Multiple people dead after tour bus rolls over in New York, police say
A tour bus with more than 50 passengers lost control and rolled over on the New York State Thruway near Pembroke, officials said.
Trump says U.S. government taking a 10% stake in tech giant Intel
Speaking with reporters on Friday, President Trump said the deal came out of a meeting last week with Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan.
Three-star general Jeffrey Kruse ousted as Defense Intelligence Agency director
Lt. General Jeffrey Kruse is no longer Defense Intelligence Agency director, a senior defense official confirmed Friday.
FBI searches John Bolton's house
The FBI confirmed it that it searched former national security adviser John Bolton's house early Friday morning.
Lyle Menendez appears for parole board hearing day after brother was denied
A panel denied Erik Menendez, Lyle's brother, parole after a 10-hour hearing on Thursday.
Texas Senate set to vote on GOP redistricting plan
The mid-decade map redraw adds five Republican-leaning districts and sets up a legal showdown over minority representation.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell signals path to rate cuts at Jackson Hole
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been under pressure from President Trump to lower the central bank's benchmark interest rate.