canicule
/kəˈnɪkjuːl/
noun
- A period of very hot weather; a heatwave.
- Meteorologists warned that the canicule would last for at least two more weeks.
- The canicule in August caused power outages as everyone ran their air conditioners.
- During the canicule, the city opened cooling centers for people without air conditioning.
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