A period of unusually hot weather.
1 Parts of China have also had a heat wave in recent days.
2 Russia's heat wave is expected to last through the week at least.
3 There was dead calm and a regular heat wave on December 19.
4 A South Island heat wave caused record-breaking temperatures in Christchurch and Dunedin.
5 Russian meteorologists say it's the most intense heat wave in a millennium.
6 Outside it was raining, and the showers had broken the heat wave .
7 Swimmers cool off during the heat wave in Seapoint, Co Dublin yesterday.
8 Maine, that most moderate of states, was having a killer heat wave .
9 But in late 2005, a severe heat wave hit the region.
10 But Petersen said a U.S. heat wave has been an important contributing factor.
11 A heat wave has gripped most of the nation this week.
12 Admissions for intestinal infections seemed to lag a week behind the heat wave .
13 She'd done splendidly throughout her entire pregnancy until the heat wave set in.
14 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Not only horses suffered during the heat wave .
15 The heat wave broke late that night, and it did not go quietly.
16 Quebec was in the grip of a rare spring heat wave .
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