Extreme heat is impacting states across the country. See maps of high temperature forecasts and heat index levels.

An AccuWeather forecast map showed states in the "high" risk zone for Friday included parts of Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana. As the weekend approaches, the severe threat expands further south.

More on: Middle East and North Africa This publication is now archived.What is the "road map?"A U.S.-backed peace proposal first floated in 2002, the road map sets a series of bench… ...

Untreated eastern diamondback rattlesnake bites have a fatality rate of 10 to 20 percent, it added. Earlier this year, a team of international scientists from a U.K. university published research ...

Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, in the south-east of the United States, the Blue Ridge Parkway stretches for ...

Wildfire season in Canada got off to an intense start this year, and fires have been sending smoke throughout North America. This is the current status of air quality across the United States and ...

An AccuWeather forecast map showed states in the "high" risk zone for Friday included parts of Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana. As the weekend approaches, the severe threat expands further south.