Heat-related injuries included symptoms of heat exhaustion, heatstroke, and heat exposure, Walsh said.
Statewide, Oregon Health Authority officials reported a sharp increase in emergency department and urgent care visits for heat-related illnesses between June 25 and 27, according to the state s health data. The report recorded about 25 hospital visits on June 25, nearly 60 on June 26 and about 130 on June 27.
“Heat exhaustion happens when your body isn’t able to regulate its own temperature and it begins to rise, Dr. Caroline King-Widdall said in a statement, released last week by Kaiser Permanente Northwest. This can happen when you’re working out rigorously or when you’re doing yard work outside on a hot day.
One of Oregon s most popular places to swim, hike and kayak will be closed, likely through the entire summer, due to wildfire damage and the need to focus on cleanup and rebuilding, Marion County Commissioners decided Wednesday.
The Little North Santiam Canyon, severely burned by the Beachie Creek Fire during the Labor Day blowup, will be closed to the public immediately. Officials say only local residents will be allowed to access the area.
The official closure is for North Fork, Gates Hill, and Pioneer roads along with all parks and recreation sites. The move cuts off access to the river s swimming holes and hiking trails that typically become popular as the weather warms.
Rare ice storms bring gridlock to Salem and Willamette Valley
Salem Statesman Journal
The series of ice storms that crippled the Willamette Valley over Presidents Day weekend only comes about once every few decades, but when it does, it makes a big impact.
Numerous roads remain closed from Salem to Portland, more than 300,000 homes and businesses are without power and tens of thousands of trees came down under the weight of more than an inch of ice.
The good news is that Western Oregon s weather has moved back into a more normal pattern of temperatures in the upper 30s and 40s with bouts of non-freezing rain and snow in the mountains.