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onda de calor

A period of abnormally and uncomfortably hot and usually humid weather. It could last from several days to several weeks. The Weather Channel uses the following criteria for a heat wave: a minimum of ten states with 90 degree plus temperatures and the temperatures must be at least five degrees above normal in parts of that area for at least two days or more.

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