By: Max Gonzalez, 02/05/2014

Another round of heat will be making its ways across SA, VIC, TAS and western NSW from today until the weekend. Have you ever wondered why? In Adelaide, temperatures will be on the rise from today peaking in the mid 40s on Saturday before a cool change early on Sunday. The cool relief, however, will not last as temperatures will gradually increase again next week reaching the mid 40s yet again by Thursday. Melburnians will experience similar conditions, with temperatures in the high 30s on Saturday before a late-morning/midday cool change on Sunday. Temperatures will then gradually raise early next week, reaching the mid 30s by Thursday 13th before yet another cool change.

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Weather.com, By: Liz Burlingame, 07/19/2013

A heat wave in England is being blamed for hundreds of premature deaths, and a wildfire warning has been issued as the mercury continues to rise. Research conducted for The Times by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimated the death toll for the first nine days of the heat wave as between 540 and 760 people in England alone.

"The excess is likely to have been overwhelmingly among the elderly, especially over 75, some of which may have been among people who would have died just a few weeks later if there had been no heat wave," Ben Armstrong, an epidemiological statistician, told Reuters.

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MsNewsfromworld, 7/2/13, BBC News

At least one person has reportedly died and dozens more have been treated for exhaustion and dehydration as a heat wave continues to cause problems across western America.

Air-conditioned "cooling centres" have been set up in California, Nevada and Arizona, as officials warn the high temperatures could be life-threatening.