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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Wildfires burned unchecked on Tuesday in Southern California, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate, at least 700 homes destroyed, and little hope for relief from the hot desert winds fanning the flames.
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Wimbledon endured another wet afternoon Monday, this time because of perspiration. Centre Court spectators fanned themselves furiously in the relentless sunshine as a heat wave baked the lawn.
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The searing heat wave that scorched the East and Midwest for nearly a week finally showed signs of breaking on Thursday, leaving behind scattered power outages and at least 22 deaths.
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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 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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California is to get hotter and drier by the end of the century, threatening its valuable wine industry.
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A high-pressure system brought temperatures of over 110 to parts of the Southwest, leading to hundreds of wildfires.
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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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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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An 'urban heat island' effect, fed by the city's growth, is trapping heat and making temperatures soar.
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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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At least nine wildfires stoked by gusting winds burned out of control in southern California on Sunday, killing one person in San Diego and forcing hundreds to evacuate the wealthy enclave of Malibu where five homes went up in flames.
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STANFORD, Calif. - Southern California had another harrowing trip to the Bay area. Thanks to its defense and an unstoppable tailback tandem, this one had a much happier ending.
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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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Wildfires fed by gale-force winds ravaged Southern California, destroying hundreds of buildings and charring 267,000 acres.
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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