Health and Science

The damaged cable that caused the 339-mile subterranean power line to shut down has been repaired and tested.

City health officials also confirmed the presence of live Legionella bacteria in 34 cooling towers, all of which have been cleaned and disinfected.

The City Council speaker called the Mamdani administration's response to the outbreak "insufficient."

But it takes months to fully train new water ecologists.

New Yorkers are potentially in for more flash flooding, high winds and even perhaps a twister.

Health officials say 74 people have been diagnosed in the cluster, but no one has developed new symptoms in more than a week.

The Health Department announced the first death in the ongoing outbreak linked to dozens of water-cooling towers.

Climate change has caused wildfires in Canada to grow more frequent and more intense, which creates a viscous cycle as the blazes pump more carbon into the atmosphere.

Health officials say staying safe in the heat should still be the top priority.

One of these buildings is likely responsible for an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has sickened 60 people so far, city health officials say.