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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
Australia: Weather puts hospitals on a high alert
25 Jan 2012, West Australian, the
A 'disaster preparedness' policy for heatwaves has been activated in Western Australia's hospitals: 'So the department has activated elements of its heatwave response plan to make sure hospitals are prepared'...
- AGU fall meeting 201105-09 Dec 2011, United States of America (San Fransisco, California)
- Problems of adaptation to climate change international scientific conference07-09 Nov 2011, Russian Federation (Moscow)
- International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics general assembly 201128 Jun - 07 Jul 2011, Australia (Melbourne)
Wealth and safety: the amazing decline in deaths from extreme weather in an era of global warming, 1900–20102011, Reason Fndn
The critical decade: climate change and health2011, Climate Commission
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Natural loss events January – June 2011Jul 2011, Munich Re
Number of heat-wave occured (reported)
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
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