For several days, the Chicago area has been gripped by scorching temperatures and suffocating humidity, but is relief finally ...

People experiencing homelessness are particularly vulnerable to the health ramifications of extreme heat, which is worsening ...

The heat index reached 106 Saturday and an extreme heat warning is in effect until Monday, according to the National Weather ...

A total of 60 opioid overdoses were reported Friday and Saturday — including more than 37 on Saturday alone — triggering the ...

Chicagoans can expect intense heat compounded by muggy humidity for the next several days. The National Weather Service has ...

Three hospitals in the Chicago area have had problems with air conditioning as a dangerous heat wave has affected the region ...

Fourth of July is less than two weeks away. Will the heat wave be over by then? Here's the forecast for Illinois.

Health officials told ABC7 the hot temperatures may be to blame, at least, in part. As the temperatures soared this past ...

Chicago's 1995 heat wave left 739 people dead over a five day-stretch. The National Weather Service says heat is the number ...

As Chicago faced its first heat wave of the summer season, animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo beat the heat with some cool ...

Two downtown Chicago streets will close early for NASCAR preparations to fix buckled pavement amid an ongoing heat wave.