1.   The blooms usually occur at the end of the summer if there have been long hot spells and settled weather.

2.   With the hot spell set to continue, doctors now fear some people may expose themselves to the risk of skin cancer.Gareth Furby reports.

3.   North Yorkshire police are warning householders to take care when opening windows and doors in the current hot spell to be on their guard against opportunist burglaries.

4.   THE recent hot spell has led Yorkshire Dales National Park officials to call for help from the public to prevent moorland blazes.

5.   An early hot spell and a high number of power plants out of service for maintenance forced the first rolling power blackouts since March in California late Monday.

6.   A prolonged hot spell struck in July and August, hurting yields for fall crops such as spring wheat, corn, barley, cotton and rice.

7.   But after his recent hot spell, Karros has not homered or driven in a run in four games.

8.   Cold spells like the one this winter in the United States come and go in one region or another, as do hot spells.

9.   If there is a hot spell or anything goes wrong, there will be blackouts.

10.   I recall that Chicago is exceptionally good at reporting heat-related deaths of elderly citizens during hot spells.