Extreme heat

Unions call for hearings into workplace conditions, additional health and safety training, as well as a full-time OIG investigator dedicated to DPW.

The pause and training are a direct result of Ronald Silver II’s death, a solid waste worker who died on Friday while reportedly showing signs of heat stress.

The city was under a “Code Red” heat alert on Friday. Witnesses say Silver expressed feeling hot before he passed out.

We’ll go On the Record with an epidemiologist to talk about the public health threat posed by climate change. Heat waves are getting longer and more intense. Who is most vulnerable? Is air conditioning the answer?

Baltimore City's Office of Emergency Planning joins Midday to talk about what the city is doing to prepare for increasingly common extreme weather.

The inspector general warns conditions could violate labor standards and union agreements.

Heat-related intakes hit more than 1,600 in a day.

Officials say drink plenty of water and avoid outdoors during peak heat hours.

Just a handful of states have heat standards, and Maryland will be the first on the east coast.

With heat predicted to near record highs this week, officials are warning Maryland residents to take precautions. What's behind the heat, and what can you do to avoid, or treat, overheating?