During the event, Seattle hit an all-time record high of 108°F, while Portland hit 116°F.
The unprecedented heat wave in the Pacific Northwest led to a major spike in emergency room visits for heat-related illnesses, according to aExtreme heat is the deadliest weather-related hazard in the U.S. during a typical year, and climate change is dramatically raising the risk of such events. Multiple all-time temperatureGet market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets.
A staggering 1,038 heat-related illness visits to emergency rooms in Washington and Oregon occurred on June 28 alone, according to the study. On the same date in 2019, there were only nine heat-related emergency department visits in these two states, the researchers found. The mean daily number of heat-related emergency department visits during June 25–30 was 69 times higher than those same days in 2019.
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