A new tool called a Heat Vulnerability Index, or HVI, is designed to combine data and community engagement from those who ...

Chicago heat wave, which took place 30 years ago this week, remains the Chicago area's deadliest weather disaster.Heat ...

Thirty years after a heat wave left more than 700 people dead, Northwestern researchers asked residents to rank solutions for ...

ABC7 took a closer look at how the tragedy led to the development of the city's Office of Emergency Management and ...

CBS News Chicago photojournalist Dino Pillizzi had a personal reflection on the 1995 heat wave, as he covered the tragedy in real time.

Excessive heat is America's number one weather killer most years. This heat wave 30 years ago claimed hundreds of lives in ...

Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially ...

Because of the heat wave, 1995 will go down as an important year in Chicago history and to a certain extent in American ...

Chicago faces a heat wave with poor air quality due to wildfire smoke and ozone; temperatures may hit mid-90s.

Extreme temperatures during the summer of 1995 caught Chicago off guard. A relentless heat wave settled over the city, and with no clear emergency plan, the response fell dangerously short. More than ...

Thirty years ago, a heat wave settled over northeast Illinois. By the time the heat relented, 739 people had died and the city was using refrigerated trucks as makeshift morgues.

An art installation on the Near South Side will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Chicago heat wave that killed hundreds ...