Hundreds of people die across Pacific Northwest and Canada with at least 79 dead in Oregon alone after catastrophic heatwave during which temperatures hit 115F
Hundreds of people are feared to have died during record-breaking temperatures in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada
Officials set up cooling centers, distributed water to the homeless and took other steps as mercury climbed as high as 115F in Seattle and Portland
The death toll in the state of Oregon reached 79 while in Canada, British Columbia there were reports of at least 486 sudden and unexpected deaths
In Oregon s Multnomah County, the oldest person to die was 97 and the youngest 44
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