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When Will Los Angeles Stop Baking in Blazing Heat?

(Sept. 28) -- Los Angeles is a large and sprawling metropolis with a wide range of weather variation. Cloudy and cool weather often greets beach-goers while blazing sunshine and intense heat blasts residents in the nearby valleys. In between, there are noticeably different levels of heat over distances that a person can...

Moscow Death Rate Doubles as Many Flee Heat, Smog

(Aug. 9) -- Moscow's death rate has doubled, a city health official said today, as a nearly unprecedented heat wave and acrid smog from wildfires grip the capital, causing tens of thousands to flee. "On normal days, between 360 and 380 die. Now it's around 700," Moscow's health chief, Andrei Seltsovsky, told the Interfax...

Heat, Humidity Turn South Into a Deadly Steam Bath

(Aug. 5) -- High humidity and temperatures nudging over the 100-degree mark have turned portions of the Deep South and Mississippi River and Tennessee River valleys into a natural sauna, contributing to at least nine deaths in recent days as the National Weather Service issued heat advisories or warnings across 18...

Record Heat Wave Fans Deadly Fires in Russia

(July 30) -- A record-breaking heat wave continued to send forest fires sweeping across parts of Russia today, destroying villages and leaving thousands homeless and up to 23 people dead, officials said. More than 200,000 acres have been engulfed in the past few days, fueled by strong winds and a severe drought. Moscow's...

Extreme Heat in Southern California, Record-Breaking Temperatures for Rest of Globe

(July 15) -- It's getting hot out there. Today the National Weather Service issued an extreme-heat warning for Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange counties in Southern California. The warning extends through Saturday, during which time temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees. News of the latest heat wave to grip the...

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07/20/11 Topic: Killer Heat Waves: Weather Whys (Farm & Ranch) Source: San Saba News & Star - San Saba TX There's a big heat wave hitting much of the U.S. right now.
07/13/11 Weather Whys: Killer heat waves Source: The Bryan-College Station Eagle - Bryan TX There's a big heat wave hitting much of the U.S. right now.
12/02/10 Study finds higher mortality risk from early heat... Source: News-Medical.Net The risk of dying from a heat wave is highest when heat waves occur early in the summer and are hotter and longer than usual, according to a Yale study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives ( EHP ).
12/01/10 Early summer heat waves are deadliest Source: The Daily India Researchers have pointed out that the risk of dying from a heat waves is highest when they occur early in the summer and are hotter and longer than usual.
11/30/10 Heat wave deaths highest in early summer Source: ScienceDaily The risk of dying from a heat wave is highest when heat waves occur early in the summer and are hotter and longer than usual, according to a Yale study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives ( EHP ).