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Maricopa County Confirms First Heat-Related Death of 2026

Officials plan a May 1 county–city network to widen cooling center access.

Red Flag Warnings Expand Across Plains and Southeast as Fire Weather Turns Critical

Luke Days Cuts Sunday Schedule After 400 Treated for Heat, 25 Hospitalized

Record March Heat Forces Phoenix Wedding Plan Changes Under NWS Extreme-Heat Warning

Phoenix Closes High-Risk Trails During Record-Early Extreme Heat Warning

Western U.S. Swelters in Multi-Day Heat Wave 25–40°F Above Normal, Highs 96–109°F

L.A. County Warns Against Ocean Water Contact at Six Beaches After Bacteria Spikes

Hechingen Youths Sentenced for Extortionate Abduction as Frankfurt 27-Hour Binding Case Goes to Trial

Australian Open Halts Outside Play as Heat Protocol Hits Maximum

Australian Open Activates Heat Protocol in Sinner–Spizzirri Match, Roof Closed on Rod Laver

South-East Braces for Prolonged Heatwave as BoM Warns of Record Temperatures and Extreme Fire Risk

One Dead as Victoria Bushfires Trigger State of Emergency

Victoria Declares State of Disaster as Extreme Bushfires Follow Brutal Heatwave

Victoria Declares State of Catastrophe as Bushfires Rage in Extreme Heat

Australia Endures Extreme Heatwave With Temperatures Near 47C as Fire Danger Intensifies

Buenos Aires Utilities Press 24°C AC Setpoints as Heat Wave Drives Power Demand

Woman Hospitalized With Severe Foot Burns From Scalding Sand in Valeria del Mar

Aeroparque Reopens After Three-Hour Closure Caused by Asphalt Break Near Runway

Tasmania Gets a White Christmas as WA’s Record Heat Eases With a Cool Change

Perth Sets Hottest Start to Summer as South-East Shivers and Geraldton Fire Threatens Homes