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- noun A period of very
hot weather .
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Consequently, the hypothesis that the BBC coverage here would be in response to US coverage of the French heatwave is only plausible if the BBC’s POV was closer to that of France than of the British gov’t.
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And perfectly logical, too -- the NY subway in a heatwave is a place where thousands of people desperately want and need a word of spiritual hope.
The Shack Joan Druett 2008
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Russia's top meteorological official, Alexander Frolov, said the heatwave was the most severe in the country's millennium-long history.
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What is less obvious is that high night-time temperatures during a heatwave are the real killers.
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Cyprus Unknown Nicosia-wide Cyprus is in the grip of a heatwave, which is expected to last until Monday.
WN.com - Articles related to New UN online tool detects global fire hotspots in real time 2010
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Today Heat Wave HT-20100801-27236-CYP Cyprus Unknown Nicosia-wide Cyprus is in the grip of a heatwave, which is expected to last until Monday.
WN.com - Articles related to New UN online tool detects global fire hotspots in real time 2010
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Cyprus Unknown Nicosia-wide Cyprus is in the grip of a heatwave, which is expected to last until Monday.
WN.com - Articles related to New UN online tool detects global fire hotspots in real time 2010
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The Victorian Government is defending its handling of this week's heatwave, which is being linked to a number of deaths and resulted in rolling blackouts.
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Senior Victorians Minister Lisa Neville today announced so-called heatwave strategies to assist the elderly.
plethora commented on the word heatwave
This word gives me nightmares.
I survived the Adelaide Heat Wave, but only just. I have never hated school uniforms as much as I did that fortnight.
June 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word heatwave
Indeed pleth. I flew from Adelaide to Darwin to escape it. First time I've ever flown into Darwin from anywhere and looked forward to cooling down!
June 5, 2008
reesetee commented on the word heatwave
Yikes. I'd have melted immediately. Glad you both survived!
June 5, 2008