Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly

Cortez Deacetis

In June a significant “heat dome” smothered the famously temperate Pacific Northwest, subjecting parts of Washington Condition, Oregon and western Canada to blistering and unparalleled temperatures. Lytton, British Columbia, set an all-time Canadian file with a searing 121.3 levels Fahrenheit (49.6 levels Celsius). A working day later most of that […]