extreme heat

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.

Monday night’s severe thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds have caused widespread power outages across Michiana. Utilities are reporting multiple downed power lines, broken poles and fallen trees.

In light of this week’s expected high temperatures, the St. Joseph County Department of Health has issued an extreme heat advisory.

A report by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said there’s not enough energy on the regional grid to meet peak demand.