Extreme Weather

In Missouri, winters are about 4 degrees hotter on average than in 1970 — and farmers are starting to feel the effects.

A national climate report issued Friday predicts a bleak picture for the state and region as a result of climate change: increased flooding, hotter…

The “heat dome” has arrived in Missouri, in which high temperatures and high humidity have teamed up to unleash incredibly uncomfortable hot weather.…

Sitting in a hot car can be uncomfortable for adults — but for children it can be deadly. A law Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed this month by aims to keep…

St. Louis health officials are asking area residents to prepare for more than five days in a row of extreme heat and humidity. Many are calling it the…

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat advisory for the St. Louis area until 7 p.m. Thursday. Temperatures are expected in the…

Many St. Louis-area residents were still enjoying a long weekend and the end of the Christmas holiday when the flood warnings first went out on Dec. 26.…

Updated at 5:50 p.m. Monday with information from latest city briefingCity streets director Todd Waelterman says it could be Wednesday before the city…

St. Louis City officials are mobilizing to protect the city's homeless population as an arctic weather front is forecast to plunge the region into…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 17, 2012 - As Tim Samaras and his buddies were driving down a county road during last spring's…