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Heat wave death toll grows to 107 people in Oregon

Some people in low-income apartments in Portland have no air conditioning. Author: Pat Dooris Updated: 6:43 PM PDT July 6, 2021 PORTLAND, Oregon On Tuesday, the state medical examiner said 107 Oregonians died during the historic heat wave last month. Triple-digit temperatures hit the Portland area metro area on June 26-28 and heated up subsidized housing buildings like Northwest Tower. The apartment complex stands 13 stories tall and holds 150 apartment units for low-income people, many of them seniors. It has no air conditioning. KGW spoke with a caregiver who said she was in a unit on the sixth floor on June 28. She said it was so hot, she decided to take her elderly client to a hotel.

Communities of Color Worry About Vaccine Equity As State Reopens

As the state moves to reopen, Oregonians are starting to see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel filled with summer barbecues and breezy, bustling happy hours—at least, for vaccinated, and mostly white, Oregonians. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) predicts that 70 percent of adult Oregonians will have at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by June 21, at which time almost all statewide mask, social distancing, and building capacity limit requirements.

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