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Heat Wave Studios turns up the temperature on Napa fitness

Image Napa Valley Register 24 Jan 2026
A new kind of heat wave has arrived in downtown Napa. At Heat Wave Studios, owner M.E. Stewart is introducing locals to heated Pilates classes designed to boost fitness, reduce stress and build community ... .
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Track temperatures live as heatwave sweeps continent

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 Jan 2026
Use our tracker to keep an eye on temperatures as a heatwave moves across much of the country ... .
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Australia’s Heatwaves Now Five Times As Likely Due To Climate Change

Scoop 23 Jan 2026
According to the report, heatwaves cause more deaths in Australia than all other natural hazards combined. This January, the three-day heatwave led to health impacts, increased pressure on hospitals, and dangerous fire weather ....
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Triggering a heatwave takes more than just temperature

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 Jan 2026
Yet another major heatwave is sweeping across south-eastern Australia. But what actually triggers the warning? Spoiler alert. hitting 40C is not enough ... .
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Heatwave and fire warnings across south-east Australia as tropical cyclone hits WA

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 Jan 2026
Parts of south-east Australia are bracing for severe heatwaves and fire warnings over the long weekend, as the Bureau of Meteorology issues a tropical cyclone warning for Western Australia ... .
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Catastrophic conditions force Tour Down Under changes as SA temperatures soar

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 23 Jan 2026
South Australia's hottest weather in six years creates dangerous bushfire conditions, which the head of the Country Fire Service says are "as serious as it gets" ... .
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Catastrophic fire danger as seven-day heatwave engulfs south-east states

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 Jan 2026
South-east states are predicted to bake through a prolonged severe heatwave from Saturday onwards, which has the potential to break all-time temperature records and fuel another round of dangerous bushfires ... .
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Record heat forecast for Adelaide on Australia Day, SA fire warnings issued

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 22 Jan 2026
The South Australian Country Fire Service is urging people to reconsider travelling to the Yorke Peninsula over the long weekend and Adelaide is forecast to have its hottest Australia Day on record ... .
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Record for hottest temperature in Australia may tumble in WA this week

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 21 Jan 2026
Towns in WA's north-west could be about to experience Australia's hottest day on record, with the weather bureau expecting temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius in some areas ... .
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Wildfires kill at least 18 in Chile as heat wave fuels evacuations

Daily Sabah 19 Jan 2026
Wildfires sweeping across central and southern Chile killed at least 18 people Sunday, torching thousands of acres of forest and reducing hundreds of homes to ashes as a searing he ....
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Bid to extend opening hours of 'only truly free' public space in Alice Springs

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 19 Jan 2026
In one of Australia's hottest towns, the library is an important air-conditioned public space offering a no-cost respite from burning summer temperatures ... .
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Groundwater drying up as blistering Pilbara heatwave continues

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 19 Jan 2026
Water sources are depleting in the Pilbara as the arid region endures a summer with little rainfall and temperatures close to 50C ... .
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Mother calls for heat policy to protect workers 13 years after son's death

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 18 Jan 2026
It has been 13 years since Jenny Newport's son died from extreme heat while on a worksite in Queensland. She believes not much has changed ... .
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Heat Wave Fitness

Image Napa Valley Register 16 Jan 2026
The company’s mission statement is written on the wall at Heat Wave Fitness ... .
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