11.   Searing heat will intensify over much of the interior West during the next few days as an unusually strong zone of high pressure strengthens and expands over the region.

12.   The heat may have intensified the ensuing monsoon season, which left animal carcasses across the country, breeding grounds for disease.

13.   The oven heat intensifies the sweetness of the fruit in the dessert, which he serves with a cool banana sabayon.

14.   If the heat intensifies, the group may be forced to travel by night, he added.