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New Yorks Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a 99.4% success rate repairing air conditioning on its subway cars, according to Richard Davey, president of the New York Transit Authority. The older trains on the A, C, No. 1 and Rockaway shuttle lines are often those affected by air conditioning issues, but newer models will have automatic temperature sensors to provide early warning of problems. Services are typically out of action for between one and six hours for repairs, depending on the...

US has been witnessing heatwave across the nation and this has impacted the lives of almost 113 million Americans. A man's skin started peeling and authorities described his brain as 'fried.' Increasing temperatures can pose serious threat to an individual's life. Read on to know the signs and symptoms of heat stroke and heat exhaustion. , Health News, Times Now

Many cities across the US are grappling with the effects of climate change,with attendant human and material losses.

Brutally high temperatures threatened tens of millions of Americans Saturday, as numerous cities braced to break records under a relentless heat dome that has baked parts of the country all week.

This is not a new technology that is being implemented in US cities. Such cool pavements have been used in the past too.

Climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is a global phenomenon that is certainly playing a role in what the United States is experiencing.

A relentless US heat wave that has triggered health alerts for more than 100 million people is set to intensify this weekend, with temperatures and humidity forecast to surge to suffocating highs in many parts of the country.

Scientists have warned that heatwaves like the ones being felt in the US and Europe will become more frequent and rise in intensity due to global warming.

According to US weather experts, heatwaves in the country have steadily gone up by frequency, duration and intensity in four decades since the 1960s.

The National Weather Service Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, said Monday 107.5 million people will be affected by combination of heat advisories, excessive heat warnings and excessive heat watches through Wednesday. Excessive Heat Rolls East; Bakes Much of Central, Eastern US.