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Heat Wave

A heat wave is an extended time interval of abnormally and uncomfortably hot and unusually humid weather. It is an extended period of above normal warm temperatures sources: Florida Hazards Watch; WMO

WMO annual climate statement confirms 2012 as among top ten warmest years

2 May 2013, WMO

'Although the rate of warming varies from year to year due to natural variability caused by the El Niño cycle, volcanic eruptions and other phenomena, the sustained warming of the lower atmosphere is a worrisome sign,' said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud in connection with the latest WMO statement on the status of the global climate...


Number of heat-wave occured (reported)

Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database

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