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Global temperatures dropped a minuscule amount after two days of record highs, making Tuesday only the world’s second-hottest day ever.
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The Department of Agriculture guidelines to help farmers and gardeners determine if they are growing in the right location as the planet warms and a new version shows Southwest Florida's zones are moving north
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A state law passed in 2020 requires school districts to monitor outdoor school activities for students showing signs of heat stress.
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The national report comes shortly after Florida banned local heat protections for outdoor workers.
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Parts of Tampa are 9 degrees hotter than the city's overall forecast on any given day, due to population density and development.
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This summer’s extreme heat is raising the danger of heat-related illnesses and threatening health in a more subtle way — by amplifying the side effects of many common medications.
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Despite a record 46-day streak of triple digit feels-like temperatures, Miami’s unprecented brutal summer last year wasn’t that deadly, contrasting with the rest of the nation. This is how they did it.
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Costa Farms decided to open its doors to defend its treatment of the 2,760 employees who led the charge to defeat a landmark county proposal intended to protect outdoor workers from extreme heat — a campaign the company acknowledges got it branded as “the bad guys.”
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The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Atlantic coastal waters, southeast Florida, southern Florida, southwest Florida and Gulf of Mexico today and tonight.
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The Biden administration is moving forward with a proposal that would require heat protections for workers across the country. It comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial law barring Florida local governments from imposing such requirements on businesses.
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A deluge of rain and consistently overcast skies earlier this month helped keep scorching temperatures at bay — at least for now.
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Wilmer Vasquez died at just 29 years old after suffering heat illness during the hottest year on record. His brother, Yonatan, says climate change played a big role.