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Austin's "official" weather station at Camp Mabry usually shows it's hotter out than the weather station at the Austin airport. The reason has to do with where the thermometers are located.
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Summer is typically slow, especially for restaurants in college towns. But for Austin restaurants, this season’s numbers are down considerably from last year.
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A group of faith-based nonprofits wrote a letter to officials Friday, asking the city to open temporary shelters to get people out of the extreme heat.
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Temperatures in cells often stay in the 90s for hours and can reach into the triple digits. Officials say there is no evidence the heat is killing prisoners, despite a spike in prison deaths that independent analysts attribute to the heat.
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Anecdotally, we hear that people are crankier and more anxious during this summer's extreme heat. But what's really going on? KUT talks with a licensed professional counselor from Integral Care about how the heat can affect our mental as well as physical health and what we can do about it.
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An Aug. 4 "sun kink" between Highland and MLK stations was caught by an eagle-eyed engineer before anything disastrous happened.
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The operator of Texas' electric grid says the “voluntary notice” is in effect Thursday from 3-8 p.m.
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Austin's roads are cooking in the heatwave, and city officials worry about what comes next.
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The dry, hot summer has forced some farmers and ranchers to make tough decisions.
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With just two weeks left, meteorologists say it is likely this summer will surpass 2011 as Austin’s hottest ever.