• The 1901 eastern United States heat wave was the severest and deadliest heat wave in the United States prior to the 1930s Dust Bowl. Although the heat wave...
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    Measuring the number of deaths caused by a heat wave requires complicated statistical analysis, since heat waves tend to cause large numbers of deaths among...
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    A heat wave or heatwave, sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather, usually more than 5 days.: 2911  Definitions vary...
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    The 1936 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in the modern history of North America. It took place in the middle of the Great...
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  • heat wave was a deadly summer 2011 heat wave that affected the Southern Plains, the Midwestern United States, Eastern Canada, the Northeastern United...
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    parts of Europe, causing evacuations and killing tens of thousands. These heat waves were the deadliest meteorological events in 2022. The highest temperature...
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  • The cold wave was followed by one of the hottest summers on record, the 1936 North American heat wave. 1937 1937 Western United States cold wave – January...
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    people is restricted to the (1896) cities of New York and Brooklyn; the heat wave is considered to have killed approximately 1,500 people in total. Other...
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    territory on the planet, within which droughts, heavy rains, wildfires, heat waves, tropical cyclones, flooding and changes in wind patterns occurred. These...
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    of force to intimidate the rapidly-arming United States. After a further refit to carry troops, Great Eastern departed Britain for Quebec City carrying...
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