Southern California heat wave kills four
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The week-long heat wave in Southern California has claimed four lives and caused power outages to more than half a million customers, utility and local officials said on Tuesday.
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Up to 500 people are estimated to have died across Hungary last week, partly due to a heatwave gripping central and southeast Europe, Hungarian medical officials said on Tuesday.
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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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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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Four charred bodies were found Thursday in an apparent migrant camp burned by one of the wildfires raging across Southern California, authorities said Thursday.
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Firefighters made headway against 18 wildfires blazing across Southern California on Wednesday as hot winds abated for the first time in four days, but they were still battling to save entire neighborhoods from hopscotching flames.
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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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A searing heatwave has killed at least 40 people across southern Europe while in Britain torrential rain has killed three people and forced hundreds to flee a creaking dam.
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Explosions and fires at a chemical plant Wednesday killed four people, injured at least 14 and sent debris flying several stories into the air, fire officials and witnesses said.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla.  - Hurricane Jeanne killed four  people, filled oceanfront condos with sand and left large  swaths of coastline knee-deep in water on Sunday as it plowed  through parts of Florida scarred by Hurricane Frances three  weeks ago.
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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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Scorching heat pushed California's electricity supply to the brink Monday as authorities investigated at least 29 possible heat-related deaths, most in the Central Valley, where temperatures reached 115 degrees over the weekend.
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Firefighters gained the upper hand on nearly all of the California wildfires on Thursday as winds died down after five days battling 20 fires from the mountains north of Los Angeles down to the Mexican border.
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Southern California began its fourth consecutive day of drenching rain Monday as a stubborn wintery mix pounded the region, triggering floods that forced evacuations and caused scores of accidents on slippery roadways.
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Heavy rain and flash floods left at least four people dead in central Texas, US media reported Saturday, and forecasters warned of more severe weather over the weekend.
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By Patrick O'Driscoll  Severe drought and record heat in Southern California are making March feel like July, and with dangerous results.
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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.