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Homeless people were already in a ‘humanitarian crisis’ during Covid. Then the Northwest heat wave hit Josh Marcus © Getty Images
The devastating heat wave occurring across the Pacific Northwest has hit unhoused people particularly hard, since they lack air conditioning, access to cool water, and often have underlying health conditions. - Getty Images
Even before this week’s record-breaking heatwave swept across the Pacific Northwest, there was a “humanitarian crisis” among the region’s unhoused people, according to Scott Kerman, executive director of Blanchet House, which offers free meals, housing, and other services in Portland, Oregon.
“Last summer and fall we had the horrific wildfires,” he told
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Heatwave in the Northwest: Portland, Oregon, sets high-temperature record and Seattle comes close By: CNN
By Jay Croft and Haley Brink, CNN
(CNN) The Pacific Northwest is baking in a record-breaking heat wave, with an all-time high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit reported Saturday in Portland, Oregon.
Along the West Coast, more than 20 million people are under a heat warning or advisory, from the Canadian border to the Mexican border.
Unprecedented and dangerous heat will continue to build across the Pacific Northwest for several days, where high temperatures will climb into the triple digits. Hundreds of daily high-temperature records are forecast to be broken Sunday through much of this week
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