Forecasters warn of 100- to 105-degree heat index values through Tuesday, with potential storms offering limited relief.

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

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 ...

Illinois' number one music festival is set to take over Chicago's Grant Park this weekend, with Lollapalooza's star-studded ...

However, ComEd said the power lines across Chicago are ready for the heat. "The grid is very resilient," said John Schoen, senior manager of communication at ComEd.

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 ...

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 ...

NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center issued a level 3 out of 4 flash flooding risk for major cities in the Mid-Atlantic and ...

The spike in the wholesale cost of electricity, paired with increased energy usage, added $67.28 month-over-month to the ...