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The World's First Named Heat Wave Was Called Zoe

Climate

🇪🇸 Spain

Hurricanes get names and people take them seriously. Heat kills more Europeans and arrives anonymously — so Seville started naming it.

3categoriesHeat wave categories in the Seville system
2,022peopleAdults surveyed in the evaluation of the naming pilot
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