Periods of abnormal weather that harm people and land, including heat waves, cold waves, drought, wildfire and the Dust Bowl. A topic belongs here when its cited article describes a heat wave, cold wave, drought or similar hazard. It excludes ordinary seasons and long-term climate periods. These events are tracked by meteorologists and climate scientists, and their frequency and strength are a main concern of climate studies.
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Heat wave (Wikipedia)
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A heat wave or heatwave, sometimes described as extreme heat, is a period of abnormally hot weather that lasts for multiple days.
Cold Wave (Wikipedia)
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A cold wave (known in some regions as a cold snap, cold spell, Arctic blast, or Arctic snap) is a weather phenomenon that is distinguished by a cooling of the air.
Drought (Wikipedia)
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A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.
Dust Bowl (Wikipedia)
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The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture across the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a combination of natural factors (severe drought) and human-made factors: a failure to apply dryland farming methods to prevent wind
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