Heat wave News
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Dallas -
Facing record-setting high temperatures with each passing day, Texas received more bad news this week as reports indicate La Niña will reform in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, suggesting the state's devastating drought is likely to extend well into 2012.
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Washington -
A scorching heat wave in the US, anchored in the Midwest and spreading across the country to the Northeast, continues wreaking havoc on millions of Americans, and has been blamed for at least 24 deaths, including the latest, an 18-year-old landscaper.
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Toronto -
Today at Metro Hall in Toronto an extreme heat cooling centre is in place to deal with the heat wave hitting the city. The forecast is calling for Friday to be slightly cooler but still dangerously hot.
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Thousands of chickens and turkeys at farms in North Carolina and Kansas died as temperatures soared to around 43C (110F) this week.
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At least 66 people died of heat stroke and more than 15,000 others were brought to various hospitals in Japan for treatment due to soaring summer temperature.
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Moscow -
In the worst heat wave to hit Russia in forty years, sweltering heat is driving up the demand for a favourite national drink, known as Kvas, a fermented drink made from wheat, rye, barley or as some put it, “bread”.
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New York -
It was New York City's 10th Annual Nautica Triathlon in Central Park Sunday, but the contestants had to struggle against extreme heat and humidity. A London contestant collapsed right at the end of the race, and was rushed to hospital.
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Baguio -
Banaue Rice Terraces, known in the Philippines as the 'Eight Wonder of the World' and recorded as a UN Heritage site, is in danger of being ruined due to infestation and severe drought caused by El Nino-induced summer heat.
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The early summer heat has wreak havoc on Philippine agricultural and commercial sectors as temperature soared to almost 37 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country Sunday causing huge damage to agricultural crops due to lack of water for irrigation.
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Heavy damage on Philippine agriculture and the deteriorating power supply situation in almost all parts of the country caused by el nino may force congress to grant President Gloria Arroyo emergency power to immediately address the situation.
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Heat wave Headlines
Unusually warm weather brings early seasonal allergies.
Record heat wave follows deep freeze across parts of U.S.
 Human-caused climate change is indeed responsible for increasing incidents of extreme heat waves and rainfall over the past decade, a new, detailed scientific analysis shows.
Chilean firefighters are still battling to control some 24 forest fires in southern and central parts of Chile during a heat wave.
 Countries around the world should prepare for an unprecedented rise in severe storms, droughts and heat waves, an international panel of climate scientists says in a new report.
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