Extreme Heat

Jul 2 | With hotter and drier summer conditions increasing risks of wildfires, heat, and power outages, Listos California introduces a comprehensive suite of preparedness messaging and materials to help at-risk communities stay safe.

LA has launched a citywide campaign in more than a dozen languages to spread the word about the dangers of extreme heat.

As Florida’s most populated metropolitan area faces record heat, storms and rising seas, its most vulnerable bear the brunt.

COP28 presents an opportunity for global leaders and countries to create substantive climate policy, not 'diplomacy-coated' empty promises.

Chico Sol | Climate change is driving record high temperatures in places like Chico, where the unhoused -- some of them survivors of past fires -- turn to one another to survive.

At a Sept. 26 EMS briefing, state and community organizations shared how they were adapting to extreme heat on the community level.

Chief Heat Officers in LA, Miami & Phoenix share lessons learned, strategies they are using to undertake this unprecedented task of raising public awareness around extreme heat as well as overseeing municipal measures that respond to the problem.

What works best in terms of building public awareness in underserved parts of the state about the danger of extreme heat? What success stories can we share? What challenges lie ahead?

EMS | Three unhoused veterans of Bay Area summer heat waves say their most important tips for surviving the rising temperatures have come from other unhoused people.

California braces for a new normal that includes extreme, deadly heat. But the state has made investments to keep its people cool.

Peninsula 360 | Farmworkers in Fresno use a variety of strategies to manage the risks of extreme heat, from starting earlier to staying hydrated and on alert for signs of heat stroke.

Indian Voices | While some shrug off the rising temperatures as an essential part of the landscape, others take a more philosophical view toward extreme heat.