7.1 - Deadly heat waves in North America

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Deadly heat waves in North America

More than a hundred deaths in British Columbia have been linked to a heat wave that has roasted parts of western Canada, broken heat records three days in a row and sent thousands scrambling for relief.

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In the U.S., where parts of Washington State and Oregon have been battered by extreme heat several days in a row, President Biden met with state leaders and pledged aid to try to minimize weather-related disasters. California is bracing for another summer of destructive fires, and punishing drought conditions are gripping the American West.

Excessive-heat warnings were in place. People were showing up at emergency rooms for heat strokes, heat exhaustion and dehydration. Heat advisories were also in effect from Philadelphia to Boston in the Northeast.

Deaths: British Columbia’s chief coroner said 233 deaths had been reported over four days, while typically about 130 deaths would have been reported in the same time frame. Deaths were expected to increase, she said.

Quotable: “The big lesson coming out of the past number of days is that the climate crisis is not a fiction,” John Horgan, the premier of British Columbia, said. “It is absolutely real.”

A warming planet: The seven warmest years in the history of accurate temperature record-keeping have been the last seven years, and 19 of the 20 warmest years have occurred since 2000.