Severe Heat Waves In North America

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This head led to change in weather patterns Hot, dry weather led to a record-setting 2006 wild land fire season with close to 100,000 fires reported and nearly 10 million acres burned, 125 percent above the decade's average.( nrdc) it will effect health In July 2006, severe heat waves in North America contributed to the deaths of at least 225 people. In 2003, extreme heat waves claimed as many as 70,000 lives in Europe. In France alone, nearly 15,000 people died during two weeks of soaring temperatures, which reached as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
Much of North America experienced a severe heat wave in July 2006, which contributed conditioners .to the deaths of over 140 people,

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