extreme heat

With many animals coming from much warmer climates than Michiana, Potawatomi Zoo director Josh Sisk says he jokes that zoo staff are more at risk as they work to keep the animals cool.

Dangerous heat is moving into Michiana. Find cooling center locations across northern Indiana and southwest Michigan, plus tips to stay safe during extreme temperatures.

Indiana Michigan Power is extending its suspension of residential power shutoffs through the weekend amid dangerous heat conditions.

With the St. Joseph County 4-H Fair underway and temperatures remaining high, health officials say it's important to know how to recognize and respond to heat injuries.

With Michiana baking under a stretch of 90-degree days, keeping your air conditioner running efficiently can make a big difference, not just for comfort, but for safety.

With heat indexes reaching dangerous levels, people without access to air conditioning are among the most vulnerable, especially young children and older adults.

Summers in Indiana are going to get hotter. And those high heat days are especially dangerous for farm workers and other people who work outside. But right now, there are few laws to protect farm workers from extreme heat.

While other parts of the country may have hotter temperatures overall, counties stretching from eastern Texas to southwest Michigan will have at least one day a year where the temperature feels like 125 degrees or more.

The cities of Clarksville and Richmond worked with Indiana University last year to find out what parts of those communities get the hottest and who is most vulnerable to extreme heat. Now they’ve come up with plans to “beat the heat.”

Areas of Michigan are facing various levels of heat advisory according to the National Weather Service of Grand Rapids. Here are some tips on how to stay cool in the heat.