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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021
Heat wave blasts Pacifi c Northwest
Associated Press
PORTLAND — With
an unprecedented and dan-
gerous heat wave gripping
the Pacifi c Northwest, Seat-
tle, Portland and other cities
broke all-time heat records
over the weekend, with tem-
peratures soaring well above
100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Forecasters had pre-
dicted Monday would be
worse, with temperatures
possibly hitting 110 in Seat-
tle and 115 in the Portland
area before cooling down on
Tuesday.
Offi cials in Portland shut
down light rail and street
cars due to high tempera-
tures, and districts halted
summer school bus service.
In Eugene, the U.S.
Olympic Track & Field Tri-
als were halted Sunday after-
noon and fans were asked to
evacuate the stadium due to
extreme heat. The National
Weather Service said it hit
110 in Eugene, breaking the
all-time record of 108.
Portland reached 112
degrees on Sunday, break-
ing the all-time temperature
record of 108, which was set
just a day earlier.
The temperature hit 104
in Seattle. The weather ser-
vice said that was an all-
time record for the city bet-
ter known for rain than heat
and was the fi rst time the
area recorded two consec-
utive triple digit days since
records began being kept in
1894.
The heat wave stretched
into British Columbia, with
the temperature in Lytton,
a village in the Canadian
province, reaching 115 Sun-
day afternoon, marking a
new all-time high recorded
in Canada.
The heat wave also
moved into Idaho, where
temperatures above 100
degrees were forecast in
Boise for at least seven days
starting Monday.
Cities were remind-
ing residents where pools,
PORTLAND
REACHED
112 DEGREES
ON SUNDAY,
BREAKING
THE ALL-TIME
TEMPERATURE
RECORD OF 108,
WHICH WAS
SET JUST A DAY
EARLIER.
Mark Graves/The Oregonian
While Portland broke heat records throughout the weekend, people gathered at Salmon Street Springs water fountain to cool off .
splash pads and cool-
ing centers were available
and urged people to stay
hydrated, check on their
neighbors and avoid strenu-
ous activities.
The National Weather
Service in Coeur d’Alene
said this week’s weather
“will likely be one of the
most extreme and prolonged
heat waves in the recorded
history of the Inland
Northwest.”
The extreme weather
was caused by an extended
“heat dome” parked over the
Pacifi c Northwest. Kristie
Ebi, a professor at the Uni-
versity of Washington who
studies global warming and
its eff ects on public health,
says the dayslong heat wave
was a taste of the future as
climate change reshapes
global weather patterns.
In Portland, authorities
said the high heat was strain-
ing the power grid and over-
head wires that propel the
MAX trains, so service was
being suspended through
Tuesday morning.
“The MAX system is
designed to operate in con-
ditions up to 110 degrees.
Forecasts show it will likely
only get hotter,” the agency
said in a statement.
In eastern Washing-
ton state, the Richland and
Kennewick school districts
halted bus service for sum-
mer school because the
vehicles aren’t air-condi-
tioned, making it unsafe for
students.
Cooling centers were
opened across the region
and people fl ocked to them
in Seattle, where only about
44% of households have air
conditioning, according to
census fi gures.
In Issaquah, Washing-
ton, an outage Sunday after-
noon left thousands without
power, and some went to a
community center cooling
station.
Donna Meade told The
Seattle Times that going for-
ward: “I will get air condi-
tioning. I thought I could
live through the heat, but
nope. We still have July,
August and the smoke to get
through.”
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