National California heat has immigration activists bracing for a humanitarian crisis 3:28pm July 13, 2024 by Jasmine Garsd Record-breaking heat exacerbates an already dangerous situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Health & Safety COMIC: In the '90s I survived summers in Egypt with no AC. How would it feel now? 8:26am August 27, 2023 by Malaka Gharib In elementary school, NPR's Malaka Gharib visited her dad in Cairo each summer. It was hot, there was no AC — but she coped. In this age of global warming, she wonders: How are Egyptians getting by?
Health & Safety World News PHOTOS: Global heat hacks, from jazzy umbrellas in DRC to ice beans in Singapore 2:08pm August 19, 2023 by Suzette Lohmeyer We asked photographers around the world to make pictures of how the locals cope with this year's record heat. They created some really cool images.