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Meteorologist Joe Puma warns that high humidity levels will significantly increase the heat index, making temperatures feel ...

Blistering hot temperatures and high humidity are locking in on west-central Illinois, creating the area's first dangerous heat wave of summer. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory ...

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During a hot summer day, it’s very tempting to turn on a fan. After all, it’s so simple: you plug it in, feel the air move, and the heat becomes tolerable. But that’s not always true. If it’s too hot ...

Florida has a well-earned reputation for its muggy, humid summers. Which heat is worse: Florida's "wet blanket" or Arizona's "furnace"? What does heat index really mean? Heat-related symptoms to watch ...