Death toll rises from Calif. heat wave
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An eight-day heat wave killed as many as 28 people in Southern California before the temperatures finally began to ebb, coroners in four counties said Wednesday.
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Corpses piled up at the morgue Thursday, and aid workers went door-to-door, checking in on elderly people in hopes of keeping the death toll from California's 12-day heat wave from rising.
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About 500 people died in the past week from a heatwave in Hungary, a top health official says.
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Californians sweated through soaring temperatures even at beaches Monday as much of the state ended the long Labor Day weekend in the grips of a record-setting heat wave.
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Heavy rain and winds gusting up to nearly 70 mph battered Southern California on Friday, triggering dozens of wrecks. At least two people died.
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Residents hit by deadly California wildfires are warned of pollution levels three times higher than normal.
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Lighter winds and higher humidity have enabled firefighters in California to go on the attack more, but the fires remain worrisome.
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At least 25 deaths were blamed on an excessive eight-day heatwave in Southern California that finally started to cool on Wednesday.
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The death toll from fierce rain storms and flooding in China continued to rise Saturday as the government scrambled to step up relief and prevention efforts, state press reported.
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Four burned bodies found in the path of California's fierce wildfires raised the death toll to at least 12 people, even as firefighters won the upper hand and officials turned on Friday toward assessing the damage.
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Four more Romanians have died from a heat wave gripping parts of southeast Europe, health officials said yesterday, raising the region's death toll from the past few days to at least 30.
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The death toll in bushfires sweeping South Australia state rose to 10 after two more bodies were found on the state's Eyre Peninsula, police said.
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South-Eastern Europe reels from a wave of extremely hot weather that has killed several people.
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The West Nile virus has taken a firm hold in California, killing 14 people this summer and infecting almost 500, health officials said on Friday.
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&quot;Thousands of bodies rotting in the tropical heat were tumbled into mass graves, but officials said polluted water posed a greater threat..&quot;. BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The death toll of the Asian tsunami disaster
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Parts of Southern California sweltered in triple-digit temperatures Monday as a heat wave stretched into the seventh day and contributed to power outages that left thousands without air conditioning.
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NEW YORK  - An increase in summertime heat waves from global warming could mean more deaths among Americans each year, a study by Harvard researchers suggests.