Excessive Heat Safety

58+ min ago   (300+ words) The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for Barren County, with forecasters expecting heat index values to climb as high as 105 degrees through Thursday evening. The advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, and also covers portions of…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (512+ words) Published 7:19 pm Tuesday, September 15, 2026 By DEBORAH GERTZ HUSAR, Columnist University of Missouri Extension specialists worry about the combination of drought and prolonged high temperatures as crops approach final growth stages. By mid-August, MU Extension assistant professor of soybean farming systems…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (480+ words) Published 11:30 am Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Drought eased in Oregon and Idaho with early September storms and lower temperatures, according to the Sept. 10 edition of the U.S. Drought Monitor. While conditions improved and dampened wildfire activity, the Pacific Northwest’s water supply situation didn’t…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago   (512+ words) Published 2:19 pm Tuesday, September 15, 2026 By DEBORAH GERTZ HUSAR, Columnist University of Missouri Extension specialists worry about the combination of drought and prolonged high temperatures as crops approach final growth stages. By mid-August, MU Extension assistant professor of soybean farming systems…...

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (145+ words) Portions of Middle Tennessee, including Wilson County, are under a heat advisory until 8 p.m. tomorrow. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the National Weather Service office in Nashville issued the advisory due to forecasted heat index values reaching up to 108 degrees for much of…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago   (314+ words) We are just one week from the official start of fall but the summer is not going away quietly. More record highs happened across the state Monday as September continues to have above-average temperatures around Alabama. According to the National…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (278+ words) South Floridians can expect plenty of rain and breezier conditions this week. The region will keep seeing a “wet and unsettled pattern,” while an upper-level disturbance approaches and helps support stormy conditions, said Ana Torres-Vazquez, lead meteorologist with the National…...

5+ hour, 30+ min ago   (324+ words) Disturbance up in BC will dive south today, keeping clouds in place and some showers in the Cascades. A stray shower possible in the lowlands, but won't amount to much. Highs will be running 10 degrees below average once again in…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (649+ words) Another heat dome over the south-central U.S. is punctuating an exceptionally hot summer, with several cities already far exceeding their typical number of 100-degree days. Through Saturday, AccuWeather meteorologists forecast highs near or above 100 degrees in Dallas, Oklahoma City and Austin,…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago   (107+ words) WKMG Comfortable weather arrives into Central Florida. Here's how long it will last Wedgefield residents raise concerns about high water bills, quality Melbourne pays $95K after losing evidence from an 11-year-old's rape case City of Melbourne pays $95K to settle 1990 child rape…...