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United States of America (the): Heat Wave: 2006/07/28 Country Information on DRR

Period 2006/07/28
Country or District United States of America (the)
Event Type Heat Wave
Outline The death toll from Californias record-breaking heat wave reached 132 on Friday, the first day in nearly two weeks that temperatures were expected to stay below 100 degrees across most of the state.
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CNN.com 2006/08/08
More than 200 people have died across the nation since the heat-wave began.

CNN.com 2006/08/03
Record-breaking heat and oppressive humidity made people across the eastern half of US miserable on Aug 2 2006. The same heat wave was blamed for as many as 164 deaths last week in California.

CNN.com 2006/07/29
California heat wave death toll tops 130