Human bodies have a natural cooling system, but it can do only so much in high temperatures and humidity. Here's the science behind how heat kills. And how to protect yourself.
Carolyne Corelis
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KPBS
Kori Suzuki for KPBS / California Local
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A record-shattering heat wave is rapidly melting California’s snowpack. The early melt means less water when the state needs it most. -
Hawaii officials urged people in hard-hit areas to evacuate, after heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm, with still more expected. -
A National Weather Service heat advisory will be in effect from 10 a.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Friday for the city of San Diego and the valley areas of San Diego County, the NWS said. -
Storms across the nation's eastern half forced airlines to cancel roughly 4,000 flights nationwide. Blizzards buried parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, rains flooded homes in Hawaii, and California and Arizona are dealing with unusually high temperatures. -
San Diego County is in the grips of a record-setting heat wave Thursday as an unseasonal extended hot spell blanketed Southern California. -
A strengthening high-pressure atmospheric system combined with winds out of the east will bring widespread record heat toward the end of the workweek. -
A 12-year-old boy is reported to be among the dead following powerful storms that stretched across the middle of the country. -
Meteorologists said the storm is the strongest in a decade, dumping more than 2 feet of snow across the Northeast. -
Dry and warmer weather will continue throughout this week in San Diego County with temperatures above normal, according to the National Weather Service. -
New Jersey through Massachusetts could see 2 feet of snow. New York City's mayor said the city had not "seen a storm like this in a decade."
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