From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A developing Super El Niño event is raising alarm across climate circles, with experts warning that Southern Africa could be headed for extreme heat conditions in the coming months. The concerns were ...

US Weather Pattern Change – Millions are bracing for deadly heat and escalating wildfire risks as broad sections of the U.S. are on the cusp of a major weather shift. A strengthening high-pressure ...

Extreme humidity and triple-digit temperatures are expected to affect millions of people across the United States. A sunbather rests in a chair in a park in Sutton Place, New York in 2013. This summer ...

Western Europe is experiencing a heat wave that has caused over 50 deaths in France alone. These unprecedented high temperatures, which can affect human, animal and plant health, as well as several ...

(CNN) — A heat dome will bring dangerously hot and humid conditions to the eastern half of the United States next week in the region’s most widespread heat wave of the summer so far. The heat dome ...

The UK's upcoming break from boiling heatwave temperatures will be brief, with the mercury shooting back up to 29C in early July, according to new weather maps. Britain will continue to reel under ...

A mid-level ridge of high atmospheric pressure centered over northern Mexico, and the southern Plains will continue to dominate Central Texas weather. Friday and through the weekend, a classic summer ...

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There's only days left in the month, but we're going to see some Pacific Northwest summer "Juneuary" weather. After weeks of warm and dry weather, Western Washington will see small amounts of rain ...

We finally did it! We've reached the end of our soggy pattern, as today is our last day of elevated rain chances until mid next week. A few isolated showers and storms will move through in the ...