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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN
Across the region including Portland, Oregon, and Seattle the high temps have resulted in a pause on some normal activities.
Portland reached 115 degrees on Monday afternoon, breaking Sunday’s all-time record of 112 degrees. The hottest three days in Portland’s history are Monday (115), Sunday (112), and Saturday (108).
Seattle, Washington, reached 107 degrees Monday afternoon, breaking Sunday’s all-time record of 104 degrees.
In some areas, outdoor pools are closed. In others, a lack of air conditioning has become problematic.
Here’s how the heat is impacting residents in these areas.
‘I’ve never seen it this hot’
In Washington, pictures on social media show some sidewalks and roads buckling, potentially due to the high temperatures.
A Media Matters analysis found that from June 26 through 27 during the first 48-hour period of an intense and deadly heat wave which is scorching the Pacific Northwest, shattering temperature records, and creating dangerous conditions for a region unaccustomed to and unprepared for excessive heat morning and evening news shows on broadcast TV networks as well as all original programming on the major cable news networks aired 35 combined segments on the Pacific Northwest heat wave. Only eight of them, or 23%, mentioned climate.
The unprecedented event immediately follows a brutal heat wave that baked the West earlier this month. Broadcast coverage of the western heat event showed a major improvement in how these programs cover extreme weather, mentioning climate change in 27% of segments on the western heat wave. This latest heat wave in the Pacific Northwest shows that broadcast TV networks’ coverage basically stayed the same, mentioning climate change in five of the 17 overa