31.   Scorching heat and crippling humidity are having a huge impact on the performance of teams playing in the World Cup field hockey tournament.

32.   Scorching heat claimed more lives, rekindled fires and closed sweltering offices across southeast Europe Tuesday, and forecasters said the heat wave will continue to the weekend.

33.   Scorching heat has caused severe water shortages in the western Saudi Arabian cities of Jiddah and Mecca, where water service has been limited to two hours a day.

34.   Severe water shortages in the Western cities of Jiddah and Mecca because of scorching heat are expected to ease soon, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

35.   Scorching heat confined people indoors.

36.   The storms provided a first relief from six days of scorching heat.

37.   The scorching heat smothering much of the country eased slightly Saturday, but still left many looking for relief from temperatures that hit triple digits.

38.   The scorching heat, which lasts past sunset, has led to a severe water and electricity crisis in New Delhi.

39.   You can never totally enjoy the beach without protection from the scorching heat of the sun.

40.   In eastern Australia, thousands of firefighters gave up Christmas Day with their families to fight bushfires in New South Wales sparked by scorching heat.