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A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. While definitions vary, a heat wave is measured relative to the usual weather in the area and relative to normal temperatures for the season. Temperatures that people from a hotter climate consider normal can be termed a heat wave in a cooler area if they are outside the normal climate pattern for that area.
Heat stokes:
Sun stoke: Hot and dry skin, rapid heartbeat and pulse, sweating stops, rapid breathing, increase in body temperature, muscle cramps, headaches, nausea, confusion and dizziness.
Heat exhaustion is fatal but heatstroke can be.
Other potential problems include: sun burn, redness and pain in the skin. In serve cases there are also swelling blisters, fevers and headaches.
What Are Heat Waves?. (2016, Nov 25). Retrieved from https://studymoose.com/what-are-heat-waves-essay
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