heat wave

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The researchers closely examined an intense Alaska heat wave that lasted from June 23-July 10, 2019.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Whatever it was, Sinner’s dip in form collided with a French heat wave so dramatic that France isn’t calling it a heat wave.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

People have been urged to take precautions near water after at least eight people, mostly children, drowned over the bank holiday weekend while trying to stay cool during the heat wave.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Scientists don’t know too much about the cumulative effects of a prolonged warm oceanic heat wave.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Bobby’s match against Bent Larsen began in Denver on July 6 at four p.m., in the midst of an uncomfortable one-hundred-degree heat wave.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady