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A brutal heat wave across the Pacific Northwest has sent hundreds to the hospital since Friday.
Both Seattle and Portland broke multiple triple-digit temperature records throughout the weekend.
In such extreme conditions, all people are at risk of heat exhaustion or heat stroke, experts say.
A brutal heat wave across the Pacific Northwest has sent hundreds of people to hospitals and clinics for heat illness in a region unaccustomed to and unprepared for such extreme conditions.
Monday marked the third day in a row of triple digits in many Northwest cities an unprecedented sign of the impending climate crisis, according to experts. While temperatures cooled slightly along the coast on Tuesday, the relentless heat persisted inland.
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