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Nathan Kelly talks street trees and cooling centers as heat waves and hotter temperatures become the norm as the climate gets ...
Heat and poor air quality are becoming chronic problems. Here’s what Boston is doing to adapt. But first, here’s what else is ...
Massachusetts is finally going to be getting some respite from the hot, muggy weather we have been having later next week, ...
From the column: "Cold deaths outnumber heat deaths by seven to one. … Perversely, global media write nine times more stories about heat waves than cold waves." ...
Forecasters anticipate remnants of the first hurricane of the season potentially moving to New England next week, possibly ...
Meanwhile, the water crisis has helped fuel the rampant spread of disease, on top of Gaza’s rising starvation. UNRWA — the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees — said Thursday that its health centers ...
After moving from August to early July in 2024, NXT Heatwave returns to its regular slot for 2025, taking place on Sunday, ...
Heading into this weekend, 54 Massachusetts beaches are closed. Here's the full list. The following MA beaches, listed by town, are closed as of Thursday, Aug. 14: ...
In a rare case, one person contracted a flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus after swimming at a Falmouth beach ...
SOUTH HADLEY – When a July summer heat wave settled over the Northeast, Mount Holyoke College student Gillian Kurgman ...
More than 20 locales set new record-high temperatures across the country Tuesday, including more than 16 in the interior ...