Midwest cities see increase in dangerously hot weather: report

(Reuters) – Dangerously hot summer days have become more common across the U.S. Midwest in the last 60 years, and the region will face more potentially deadly weather as the climate warms, according to a report issued by the Union of Concerned Scientists on Wednesday. The report looked at weather trends in five major urban areas – Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Minneapolis and St. Louis – along with weather in nearby smaller cities such as Peoria, Illinois, and Toledo, Ohio. …