Killer heat wave bakes southern California
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A heat wave swept southern  California for a sixth day on Sunday, claiming the lives of an  elderly couple, setting record temperatures and leaving  thousands of customers without power.
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A weekend of good weather means the fires are finally on the wane -- and the time to ask how California coped is here
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Firefighters battled stubborn wildfires across Southern California on Saturday, but scattered showers brought a welcome improvement in conditions.
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Heat waves, a scarcity of water and mountain forests dying because of heat are parts of a picture of California at the end of the century being painted by a team of 19 scientists in a new paper published by the National Academy of Sciences.
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Temperatures soared into the upper 90s and higher Sunday from coast to coast, bringing out heat warnings, wilting athletes and driving others into the shade.
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He is finding solace in the sunshine, the temperature in southern California this weekend climbing to 80 degrees Fahrenheit and making a glorious summer of what had been an autumn of discontent.
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Weather forecasts raise hopes of some respite from the fires raging across southern California in recent days.
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If a record-breaking heat wave doesn't lift soon, cattle rancher Sharon McDonald may see her hay crop turn to dust.
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Those often furious, sometimes deadly Santa Ana winds contributing to the Southern California wildfires are a phenomenon of geography as well as meteorology.
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Longer and more intense heat waves throughout California in the decades ahead will lead to more heat-related deaths in several major cities, according to a new report.
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A sweltering heat wave lingering over  the U.S. Northeast was expected to boost power consumption to  record levels for the second day in a row on Wednesday.
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The blowtorch heat that blistered California last week gripped the Midwest on Monday, prompting communities to throw air-conditioned buildings open to the public and endangering millions of people with outdoor jobs &#151; including NFL players in training camp.
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Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced hundreds of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region
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"In the vineyards, there are first signs of 'sunburn"  A heat wave sweeping central and southeastern Europe killed at least 13 people this week, with soaring temperatures sparking forest fires, damaging crops and prompting calls to ban horse-drawn tourist carriages.In Romania, where temperatures reached 104 degrees Friday, the Health Ministry said at least nine people had died since Monday due to heat.In Austria, where highs had hovered around 95 degrees for days, the Health Ministry said three deaths Thursday were likely heat-related. Austrian media said at least five people had died from the heat, including an elderly woman who collapsed on a Vienna street Friday. Read more
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Southeastern Europe continued to sizzle under an intense heat wave Monday, with temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit leading to the deaths of four people in Greece and Cyprus and sparking two dozen forest fires in Italy.
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Wildfire-hit California prepares for at least another 24 hours of high winds and scorching temperatures.
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While life began returning to normal in parts of Southern California today, more than 20,000 homes are still at risk from several large blazes.