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A period of high temperatures.

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  • What is less obvious is that high night-time temperatures during a heatwave are the real killers.
  • Cyprus Unknown Nicosia-wide Cyprus is in the grip of a heatwave, which is expected to last until Monday.
  • Russia's top meteorological official, Alexander Frolov, said the heatwave was the most severe in the country's millennium-long history.
  • A 'heatwave' finally hits Nottingham ... and I'm off to Edinburgh ...
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