heat wave
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I learned my lesson after a heat wave in Davis, Calif.: A power surge from an exploding transformer fried the circuit board of my refrigerator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The current heat wave has already broken daily heat records across the Southland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Speculation has arisen on social media that the death was related to the recent heat wave that has pushed temperatures to record levels in the past few days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The heat wave could drag on through mid-October, according to forecasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
As the elimination heats approached, the weather grew oppressively warm—the first intimations of what was about to become a lethal heat wave all across the East.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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