While an excessive heat warning was in effect Saturday, officials in Denton County reported the death of a 76-year-old woman ...

The problem is likely to only get worse. Yet deaths related to heat are almost certainly undercounted in Texas and nationwide, according to experts. Accounting for heat’s role in a death is ...

Last year, heat-related illness caused more than 350 deaths in Texas, a state record. Our bodies cool themselves by sweating. When dehydrated, we stop sweating to conserve water, leading to an ...

Data from the study indicates that heat-related deaths were the highest in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. "This not terribly surprising ... As the temperatures climb each year, states are ...

HOUSTON, Texas ... of death as hyperthermia, which is when the body overheats. There were no other factors that contributed to his death. Victor is one of 61 people who died of heat-related ...

The number of yearly heat-related deaths has doubled since 1993, according to a new study in JAMA, the journal of the ...

A fence installer works in the sun Monday, July 24, 2023, in Richardson, Texas. Dallas County has reported its first heat-related death ... Heat index values will climb to 102-113 degrees each ...

DALLAS — Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) have confirmed that a woman died in the first heat-related death this summer ... on Tuesday for North Texas. That means the afternoon ...

As Texans endure the dog days of summer, experts say deaths related to heat in Texas and nationwide likely are undercounted, ...