U.S. Northwest heat wave triggers blackouts and buckles highways
Mark Chediak, Brian K. Sullivan and Josh Saul, Bloomberg News
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The rare and powerful heat wave shattering records across the U.S. Northwest is taking a bruising toll on the regionâs infrastructure, buckling highways, hobbling public transit and triggering rolling power outages.
Avista Corp. which serves nearly 340,000 customers in eastern Washington, Idaho and Oregon instituted rolling outages for the first time in company history as temperatures soared. The periodic blackouts, affecting about 9,300 customers, are expected to last until Tuesday night. Heat also warped Seattle highways and scorched Portlandâs streetcar wires, suspending service.
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