Hundreds of people are feared to have died due to the scorching heat in Canada and America. People suffering from heat are now reaching to take bath in lakes and rivers.
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Canada and Oregon and Washington in America are getting scorching heat and the heat has broken all records there. An Oregon health official said late Wednesday that more than 60 people have died in the heat and 45 people have died in the state’s largest county, Multnomah, since a heat wave began on Friday. At the same time, now people have started turning to the water park to escape the heat.
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At the same time, Lisa Lapointe, the chief coroner of Canada’s western province of British Columbia, said that her office had received reports of at least 486 sudden and unexpected deaths between Friday and Wednesday at 1 p.m. It is believed that the death toll is increasing due to extreme heat.
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People have become helpless due to the rising heat and now they have started going towards water parks and lakes. People can be seen bathing in lakes, rivers and seas. During this, people are also seen playing in the water.
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Washington state officials have reported more than 20 deaths from the heat, but the number could rise. Meteorologists have attributed the increase in extreme pressure over the northwest and man-made climate change to this summer.
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In Seattle, Portland and many other cities, all heat records have been broken and the mercury has crossed 46 degrees Celsius in some places. Although temperatures have dropped slightly in western Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, interior regions are still experiencing extreme heat.
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Heat warnings have been issued for Canada’s southern Alberta and Saskatchewan and Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. In British Columbia and its other cities in Canada, people were seen heading to the beaches for relief from the heat.
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A medical examiner in Multnomah County, Oregon, attributed 45 deaths to hyperthermia, an abnormally high body temperature. Their age was between 44 and 97 years. Portland also comes under this county. The county reported that only 12 people died of hyperthermia in Oregon between 2017 and 2019.
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The King County Medical Examiner’s Office said at least 13 people had died from the heat. Their age was between 61 and 97 years. In eastern Washington, the Spokane Fire Department found two people dead in an apartment on Wednesday, who are believed to have died of heat.
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