Tool shows history of heat-related deaths, demographics, land use and air conditioning access across communities.

Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.Heat ...

Thirty years after a heat wave left more than 700 people dead, Northwestern researchers asked residents to rank solutions for ...

ABC7 took a closer look at how the tragedy led to the development of the city's Office of Emergency Management and ...

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

Dozens of people gathered in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Tuesday night to remember hundreds of people who died during the ...

Excessive heat is America's number one weather killer most years. This heat wave 30 years ago claimed hundreds of lives in ...

Extreme temperatures during the summer of 1995 caught Chicago off guard. A relentless heat wave settled over the city, and with no clear emergency plan, the response fell dangerously short. More than ...

Chicago faces a heat wave with poor air quality due to wildfire smoke and ozone; temperatures may hit mid-90s.

Because of the heat wave, 1995 will go down as an important year in Chicago history and to a certain extent in American ...

Organizers and public health experts are calling on Chicago officials to take more preventative measures to keep residents ...

An art installation on the Near South Side will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Chicago heat wave that killed hundreds ...