During the crypto boom of 2021, Riot Platforms was raking in cash from bitcoin mining. Now the company is losing so much money that it’s counting on energy credits from selling power back to the Texas grid to keep its costs under control. Riot said on Wednesday that it earned $31.7 million in energy credits […]
Tropical Storm Harold made landfall in Texas and has since weakened to a tropical depression after forming in the Gulf of Mexico overnight. Meanwhile, millions across the country are bracing for dangerously high temperatures.
As the world registered the hottest month of all time in July, the south-western US city of Phoenix shattered its own 1974 heatwave record, with temperatures above 110F (43C) for 31 straight days...
As the planet’s hottest month on record comes to a close, 70 million people are under heat alerts in the US, where areas in the southern plains and Southeast could see record-setting highs of 115 degrees or more.
Several Chinese cities including Shanghai and Beijing braced for flooding on Friday while inland regions baked in heat threatening to shrink the country's biggest freshwater lake.
Multiple passengers became ill in triple-digit heat while waiting four hours to depart from an airport in Las Vegas.Passengers on board a Delta Air Lines flight to Atlanta on Monday passed out or soiled themselves on the hot plane, as babies screamed and flight attendants ran...
(Reuters) - A prolonged heat wave kept its grip on the U.S. South on Tuesday as dangerously high temperatures rising well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) and oppressive humidity were on tap across a wide swath of the region through the holiday weekend.
Late summer heatwave disruptions were experienced by schools across several states, including Michigan, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, leading to early dismissals in schools.
2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the EU climate monitor said on Wednesday. Heatwaves, droughts and wildfires struck Asia, Africa, Europe and North America over the last three months...
Health experts fear great swathes of the UK population, especially the elderly and those with dementia, will be hit by heat-related sickness - increasing demand for NHS services.
Firefighters in Spain and Portugal were battling to keep wildfires spanning thousands of hectares contained Monday as a scorching heatwave hit the Iberian peninsula, worsening conditions.
Extreme weather has caused havoc across the Northern Hemisphere. Here's a look at how at how hardest-hit areas have been impacted by the current heatwave.
The extreme heat wave across the U.S. is testing the limits of the nation's antiquated power grids, highlighting the urgent need for substantial infrastructure modernization to cope with climate change impacts.
Heatwaves intensified across southern and eastern Europe, Asia, and much of the United States on Tuesday as the World Meteorological Organization warned of an increased risk of deaths due to the extreme weather.
High temperatures over the past few days broke multiple records. On Friday alone, some 90 million Americans saw temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit -- and for 45 million people it felt like temperatures were in the triple digits.
After weeks of extreme heat, health officials have reported numerous deaths, while emergency departments across the state are seeing record numbers of people seeking treatment for heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
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