extreme summer heat
Coverage of extreme summer heat in the Nexus archive.
- Rising temperatures could keep more flights from taking off on time
Rising temperatures may cause more flight delays by disrupting takeoffs during extreme summer heat, which creates less visible and harder-to-predict disruptions compared to severe storms.
- Japanese firm sells human-sized refrigerators to beat extreme summer heat
Trusco Nakayama, a Japanese company, sells Do Hiemon Box, human-sized refrigerators priced at 1.5 million yen, to locations like steel mills and construction sites to combat extreme summer heat.
- Charlotte homeless shelter damaged by storms, cooling services impacted
A portion of Roof Above’s primary shelter in north Charlotte is closed after severe storms caused roof damage, disrupting showers, laundry, and cooling services during extreme summer heat. The nonprofit can no longer provide cooling shelter services for vulnerable residents as repairs are underway, though no injuries were reported.