Hundreds Believed Dead in US, Canada Heat Wave
July 02, 2021
Salem Fire Department paramedics and employees of Falck Northwest ambulances respond to a heat exposure call during a heat wave, June 26, 2021, in Salem, Ore.
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Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was found in an Oregon nursery.
As forecasters warned of a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada last weekend, officials set up cooling centers, distributed water to the homeless and took other steps. Still, hundreds of people are believed to have died from Friday to Tuesday.
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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Jul 1, 2021 8:23 PM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was found in an Oregon nursery.
As forecasters warned of a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada last weekend, officials set up cooling centers, distributed water to the homeless and took other steps. Still, hundreds of people are believed to have died from Friday to Tuesday.
An excessive heat warning remained in effect for parts of the interior Northwest and western Canada Thursday.
Hundreds believed dead in Northwest heat >Salem Fire Department paramedics and employees of Falck Northwest ambulances respond to a heat exposure call during a heat wave, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) Nathan Howard >A Salvation Army EMS vehicle is setup as a cooling station as people lineup to get into a splash park while trying to beat the heat in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Environment Canada warns the torrid heat wave that has settled over much of Western Canada won t lift for days. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) Jeff McIntosh >Field laborers work at Ernst Nursery & Farms, the location of a heat death during last weekend s record breaking temperatures on Thursday, July, 1, 2021, in St. Paul, Ore. Oregon OSHA is investigating Ernst Nursery and Farms, which did not respond to a request for comment. Reyna Lopez, executive director of a northwest farmworkers union, known by its Spanish-language initials, PCU