Los Angeles County has launched a new dashboard aimed at helping residents and public health officials track the effects of extreme heat.
Heat can trigger heart attacks and strokes. Even daily activities in hot weather can put a strain on all your organs, especially your heart, which has to pump harder to keep your core temperature close to normal.
An intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America in a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit heat that hasn't been seen in some places in more than a decade.
Here is what to watch out for if dehydration hits, as well as the best things to drink and eat to keep your body nourished.
Heat is the number one weather killer in the United States.
We're used to seeing numerical rankings when it comes to weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes, but now, a new tool will rank the heat score in your zip code.