Sentence examples for major heat wave from inspiring English sources

Australia is facing a major heat wave and dangerous bush fires.

The first major heat wave of summer smothered the entire New York metropolitan region under a soggy blanket of hot air yesterday.

There has been no reported determining cause for the medical calls, but Las Vegas is reportedly suffering its first major heat wave of the year.

Other areas that were affected Tuesday included Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, the San Fernando Valley and West L.A. DWP spokesman Joseph Ramallo said the power system was faring better compared with the last major heat wave eight years ago.

Over the last 30 years, the impact of major heat wave shocks on population morbidity and mortality has become an urgent public health concern [ 1- 3].

In summer 2003, a major heat wave occurred in Europe, causing approximately 30,000 deaths, including nearly 15,000 in France (Fouillet et al. 2006; World Health Organization Europe 2003).

Interest in related health effects increased after major heat waves (i.e., Chicago, IL, 1995; Europe, 2003) (Le Tertre et al. 2006; Semenza et al. 1996) and with projections that climate change may increase the frequency, duration, and intensity of heat waves (Meehl and Tebaldi 2004).

We investigated the genetic structure of populations in years before and after a major climate event, the European heat wave in summer 2003 [ 28].

A major concern raised by the heat wave was the difficulty of rapid assessment of its direct consequences on patient outcome, mainly because of the delay in obtaining definitive mortality results.

Increased evaporation can be a major factor in heat waves and associated forest fires and droughts.

In past major climate events, like the Russian heat wave and Pakistani floods of 2010, thorough analysis has taken years — and still failed to produce unanimity about the causes.