Record high nighttime temperatures, a dangerously high heat index and intense humidity swept through Chicago from June 21 to 23, marking the city’s first major heat wave of the summer. Ahead of the ...

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 ...

The Chicago Fire Department responded to about 90 calls between the extreme heat and people in distress in the water, ...

Relief from the extreme heat facing the Chicago area remains several days away as advisories and warnings remain in effect.

Chicago is in store for more “dangerously hot and humid conditions” Sunday, with temperatures expected to climb well into the ...

Scorching temperatures and high humidity are a bad combo, especially when that's the forecast for three days in a row, making ...

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

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

A Midwest heat dome is driving high temperatures and high humidity that will push the Chicago heat index into the triple ...

It will be dangerously, "oppressively" hot and humid — with little relief at night — Saturday through Monday, according to ...

Temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s on Saturday, with the heat index reaching 100-105 degrees on Saturday, Sunday ...