Several cities have heat emergency plans. Are they enough in a warming world?

Natural disasters can be dramatic — barreling hurricanes, building-toppling tornadoes — but heat is more deadly. Many cities are beginning to plan a response to the looming dangerous heat.

Sunday evening forecast
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Expect a brief storm break early-on this week. The FOX 5 Storm Team sees high heat and wet conditions returning by Thursday. Here's the latest in your forecast.

Saturday evening forecast update
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Storms are expected Sunday into Monday. We may be able to look forward to a drier, hotter midweek. Here's the latest in your forecast.

Saturday evening forecast
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Storms are expected Sunday into Monday. We may be able to look forward to a drier, hotter midweek. Here's the latest in your forecast.

Solar storm forecasted for Thursday could bring Northern Lights to 17 states

This solar storm is part of an 11-year solar cycle that’s making the Northern Lights visible in places farther to the south. Here's where auroral activity is forecast.

Friday night forecast
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The weekend is looking like the typical summer weather, but the FOX 5 Storm Team is tracking the potential for severe storms Sunday overnight into Monday morning. Here's the latest.

Friday evening forecast
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The weekend is looking like the typical summer weather, but the FOX 5 Storm Team is tracking the potential for severe storms Sunday overnight into Monday morning. Here's the latest.

Summer heat is the 'No. 1 weather-related killer,' doctor warns

States in the Southwest and West have been under Excessive Heat Warnings and heat advisories for the past two weeks

Friday evening forecast
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The weekend is looking like the typical summer weather, but the FOX 5 Storm Team is tracking the potential for severe storms Sunday overnight into Monday morning. Here's the latest.

Friday afternoon forecast
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The weekend is looking like the typical summer weather, but the FOX 5 Storm Team is tracking the potential for severe storms Sunday overnight into Monday morning. Here's the latest.

Chinese cities open air raid shelters for relief amid deadly heat wave

Cities across China opened their air raid shelters to offer residents relief from the heat Friday as unusually high temperatures across parts of the country started claiming lives.

Friday morning weather forecast
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Expect high heat and few scattered storms heading our way this afternoon. The highest chance of storms will be when the weekend comes to a close.

Thursday evening forecast
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If the calendar didn't say it, the weather certainly did: It's July! Hot and humid with the chance of afternoon thunderstorms. But the FOX 5 Storm Team is tracking a storm system expected to closeout the weekend which could spawn some severe storms.

Two hottest days on record ever
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The two hottest days in the history of the planet happened this week. University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer Project say Monday and Tuesday surpassed high temperature records.

Thursday evening forecast
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If the calendar didn't say it, the weather certainly did: It's July! Hot and humid with the chance of afternoon thunderstorms. But the FOX 5 Storm Team is tracking a storm system expected to closeout the weekend which could spawn some severe storms.