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Marvin Cox, community outreach director with the Metropolitan Action Commission on June 25, in Nashville. As temperatures reached into the upper 90s, the Metro Action Commission was offering free window AC units to seniors, families with young children and people with medical conditions. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption
Public housing buildings can now pay for residents' ACs, providing relief to many
Wilmer Vasquez was a gregarious extrovert. "He was very outgoing person," remembers his ex-girlfriend Rose Carvajal. He died in 2023 at just 29 years old after working outside as a roofer in record-breaking August heat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rose Carvajal hide caption
Extreme heat contributed to his brother’s death. He worries he could be next
A man affected by the scorching heat is helped by another Muslim pilgrim and a police officer during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 16. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Warehouses in California can get dangerously hot. The state just passed a rule protecting people who work indoors in industries like warehousing, restaurants or manufacturing from excessive heat. Virginie Goubier/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Displaced Palestinians in Rafah sit in the shade of their tent on a 100-degree day in the Gaza Strip. Anas Baba for NPR hide caption
A 100-degree heat wave in Gaza offers a sweltering glimpse of a tough summer to come
SunPower Corp. solar panels technician Jose Arrechiga braves the extreme heat as he installs solar panels on a residence's roof in Pasadena, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The European climate agency calculates that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded globally. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
2023 was the hottest year on record. Is this how it's going to be now?
Braxton Hicks, 7, of Livingston, Texas, holds his face to a portable fan to cool off during a Little League tournament in Ruston, La., last week. More very hot weather is expected this weekend in much of the central U.S. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
The National Weather Service issued warnings and advisories for a heat wave blanketing the Pacific Northwest this week. Screenshot by NPR/National Weather Service hide caption
In a hot room, you're told to play a vicious game. Will heat make you behave badly?
Yogurt-based drinks such as the lassi from India are go-to beverages for cooling down in the hot summer. The glasses at left add mango to the recipe. Chona Kasinger for NPR hide caption
Why India's yogurt drink lassi is the perfect drink for the hottest summer on record
Extreme heat can slow cognition and increase anxiety, research finds. AleksandarGeorgiev/Getty Images hide caption
Tony Berastegui Jr., right, and his sister Giselle Berastegui drink water, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Phoenix. A historic heat wave that turned the Southwest into a blast furnace throughout July is beginning to abate with the late arrival of the monsoon rains. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
A sign reading "Today's High: 115" is posted in Phoenix, Arizona on July 25. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
She is trying to get the U.S. to take extreme heat more seriously. Here's how
A homeless person adjusts a friend's tent to help increase shade cover in a section of The Zone, Phoenix's largest homeless encampment. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Heat can be deadly, as this sign in Death Valley National Park warns. Some of the hottest temperatures in the world have been recorded here. But it doesn't need to be 130 degrees out to be dangerous. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
How heat kills: What happens to the body in extreme temperatures
A United Parcel Service driver makes a delivery in the back of his truck in Pittsburgh, July 13, 2023. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Delivery drivers want protection against heat. But it's an uphill battle
A field worker uproots weeds in between rows of hops on a farm near Sunnyside, Wash., on June 14, 2023. Mike Kane for NPR hide caption
It's hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death
A squirrel splooting in the shade. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation hide caption
The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something serious
Children play in a fountain to cool off in downtown Portland, Ore., Friday, May 12, 2023. An early May heat wave this weekend could surpass daily records in parts of the Pacific Northwest and worsen wildfires already burning in western Canada, a historically temperate region that has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years. Claire Rush/AP hide caption
A woman cools off at a fountain at the Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy, on July 13. You can do a lot to look out for those who are at higher risk of heat-related illness. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
A man refreshes his face at a fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London on Tuesday. Aaron Chown/PA via AP hide caption