Wind chills of as low as minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit in Montana and the western Dakotas. Whiteout conditions near the Great Lakes, with as much as 2 feet of snow falling in parts of New York state. Possible snow squalls in the Northeast and the upper Mid-Atlantic. These are just some of the forecasts from…
On a blistering morning this week, the kitchen sink in Kathy Quilatan’s house was delivering only sputtering water. With temperatures climbing into triple digits most afternoons these days, she knew exactly what she had to do to keep her two young children, ages 2 and 6, from overheating. She gathered several plastic containers and set…
Heat continues to build in the Northern and Central Plains of the United States, with more than 15 million people there under heat alerts on Sunday. Temperatures in Minnesota and Nebraska were expected to climb to the triple digits. The National Weather Service said that heat indexes could top 100 degrees on Sunday, from the…