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In a hotter world, risks go up for more extreme heat waves, storms, floods and wildfires.
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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
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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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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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