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In a hotter world, risks go up for more extreme heat waves, storms, floods and wildfires.—Michael Copley, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025 Surveillance programs to monitor climate-sensitive diseases, early warning systems for heat waves, and community education campaigns can help mitigate health risks.—Bill Frist, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Meteorologists have said the monsoon rainfall was caused by two tropical low pressure systems, including a heat wave in the Coral Sea, while rising ocean temperatures due to climate change have made such weather events more frequent in Australia, the AP said.—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025 The year featured numerous extreme weather events in which record warmth played a role — from the obvious, like deadly heat waves, to torrential rains.—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heat wave
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