July 12 2021
More than 800 people sought help from heat-related medical issues; heat wave added to 18 months of catastrophes.
Extreme weather like the deadly heat wave that hit Oregon at the end of June are a sign of things to come, state officials said Monday, July 12.
The National Weather Service has reported temperatures in the last week of June obliterated all-time heat records: 101 in Astoria, 109 in Bend, 112 in Redmond, 116 in Portland, 117 in Salem and 118 in Hermiston. Other cities only tied their hottest marks: Pendleton at 113 and Medford at 115.
The thermometer readings were otherworldly, Oregon Health Authority Director Pat Allen said Monday. The reality is that such excessive and deadly conditions are here to stay, Allen said.
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