heat wave

This heat wave continues on and with it comes complacency that you can work your way through it without suffering any problems. "Hey, if I can make it through four days of this, what's one more day going to do to me?" It is just that kind of thinking that could get you killed.

Climate-change doubters can continue to deny it’s happening, but the facts don’t lie: the National Climatic Data Center reports that in the US, the past year has been the warmest since record-keeping began more than a century ago.

We're experiencing unprecedented heat now and throughout the weekend.  Temps topped 106 locally yesterday and are expected to stay near 100 for the next several days.  Don't you wish you were Lady Antebellum and could literally transform yourself into cold iced tea like they do in the commercial?

With triple-digit temperatures possible in the next several days, it’s good to know that there are places to cool off in Missouri. Senior centers being used as cooling stations are located in LaGrange, Canton, Ewing, Shelbina, Clarence, Hannibal, Paris, Silex and Elsberry...