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- Heat postpones play (Warrnambool Standard)
Feb 13, 2007 - THE extreme heat rule was invoked at Port Fairy yesterday calling off the women's pennant bowls preliminary finals. Warrnambool District Ladies Bowls Association play was terminated after the mercury hits 34 degrees Celsius and the temperature at Port Fairy hit 35 degrees on the greens yesterday. - FEATURE-Caught between drought and guns in Uganda (AlertNet)
Feb 13, 2007 - Source: Reuters By Tim Cocks and Euan Denholm NAWEET, Uganda, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Drought cycles are coming more often to northeastern Uganda: every two years instead of every five. Residents ... - EDITORIAL: S.O. Drought: A Late, Lamented Dry Spell (RedNova)
Feb 13, 2007 - By The Daily Oklahoman Feb. 13--DROUGHT. S.O. (Severe Oklahoma), age approximately 14 months. Died around Feb. 1 of complications from cold, wet weather. Survivors include parched prairies, burn-scarred woodlands and the gestating Next Dry Spell. - Schools should ?put the heat on? government (Scoop.co.nz)
Feb 12, 2007 - It is deeply disappointing to see schools such as Fielding High School ?put a bit of heat on? parents to pay school fees rather than the school ?putting the heat on? the government to fund schools properly. - Extreme heat could destroy 40% of SA's maize crops (SABC News)
Feb 9, 2007 - Between 30 and 40 of maize crops could be lost due to the extreme heat and dry conditions. The South African Weather Bureau says that even though it is hot and dry, South Africa is not experiencing a heat wave yet.