Would Trump’s Golden Dome keep the US safe – and do space lasers work? Forty years after Ronald Reagan launched “Star Wars”, Trump has plans for a modern missile defence shield.

(THE CONVERSATION) Heat domes, which can send temperatures soaring, occur when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over a large area. A heat dome can linger for days to weeks, leaving the ...

Long Island is bracing for its first major heat wave since 2023, starting Sunday and lasting into Wednesday, as the result of a heat dome that will cover the region.

An expansive heat dome that has already broken dozens of record-high temperatures on Friday and Saturday will continue Sunday, with more than 30 states on alert for potentially life-threatening ...

Potentially deadly heat dome tightens grip on eastern US this week Tens of millions of people from the Plains to northern New England are under some kind of heat alert as a massive and potentially ...

Summer officially started at 10:42 p.m. Friday and Mother Nature is giving us summer in a big way. We have an expanding hot dome overhead and that’s going to set up camp for days. This will g… ...

The latest eruption within Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater “ended abruptly at 10:25 a.m.” Friday after another brief but spectacular display of lava fountains topping 1,000 feet ...

The NHC is keeping an eye on four tropical waves in the Atlantic basin. Meanwhile, a heat dome is bringing sweltering temperatures to the U.S.

The U.S. Geological Survey said lava flows from this episode are expected continue to move slowly and glow as they cool and solidify in the coming days. Kilauea began its current eruption on Dec. 23.

Maryland is expected to have a hotter-than-average summer, which begins Saturday with the arrival of dangerously high temperatures and humidity that could spike electricity bills. This stretch of hot ...

Heat dome causes extreme temperatures across US Midwest and East Coast Chicago and NYC open cooling centers, urge residents to seek relief Heat exhaustion and heatstroke pose serious health risks ...