Deaths surge in US and Canada from worst heatwave on record
Deaths surge in US and Canada from worst heatwave on record
The state of Oregon reported 63 deaths linked to the heatwave, while Multnomah County, which includes Portland, reported 45 of those deaths since Friday.
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UPDATED: July 1, 2021 05:57 IST
People sleep at a cooling shelter set up during an unprecedented heat wave in Portland, Oregon on June 27. (Photo: Reuters)
A heatwave that smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada and the US Northwest has left a rising death toll in its wake as officials brace for more sizzling weather and the threat of wildfires.