Jul 1, 2021 8:23 PM EDT
SALEM, Ore. (AP) Many of the dead were found alone, in homes without air conditioning or fans. Some were elderly one as old as 97. The body of an immigrant farm laborer was found in an Oregon nursery.
As forecasters warned of a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada last weekend, officials set up cooling centers, distributed water to the homeless and took other steps. Still, hundreds of people are believed to have died from Friday to Tuesday.
An excessive heat warning remained in effect for parts of the interior Northwest and western Canada Thursday.
Hundreds believed dead in Northwest heat >Salem Fire Department paramedics and employees of Falck Northwest ambulances respond to a heat exposure call during a heat wave, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) Nathan Howard >A Salvation Army EMS vehicle is setup as a cooling station as people lineup to get into a splash park while trying to beat the heat in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Environment Canada warns the torrid heat wave that has settled over much of Western Canada won t lift for days. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP) Jeff McIntosh >Field laborers work at Ernst Nursery & Farms, the location of a heat death during last weekend s record breaking temperatures on Thursday, July, 1, 2021, in St. Paul, Ore. Oregon OSHA is investigating Ernst Nursery and Farms, which did not respond to a request for comment. Reyna Lopez, executive director of a northwest farmworkers union, known by its Spanish-language initials, PCU
Hundreds believed dead in heat wave despite efforts to help
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1of23Salem Fire Department paramedics and employees of Falck Northwest ambulances respond to a heat exposure call during a heat wave, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Salem, Ore.Nathan Howard/APShow MoreShow Less
2of23A Salvation Army EMS vehicle is setup as a cooling station as people lineup to get into a splash park while trying to beat the heat in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Environment Canada warns the torrid heat wave that has settled over much of Western Canada won t lift for days. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)Jeff McIntosh/APShow MoreShow Less
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County officials, state leaders try to figure out what went wrong during historic heat wave
79 Oregonians have died in connection to the state s historic heat wave officials are trying to figure out what went wrong. Author: Cristin Severance (KGW), Andrew Dorn Published: 7:04 PM PDT July 1, 2021 Updated: 7:15 PM PDT July 1, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. The number of people who died as a result of Oregon s record breaking heat wave has risen to 79, according to the state medical examiner.
The majority of those deaths occurred in Multnomah County where 51 people have died due to excessive heat since Friday county officials we spoke to said that number could rise in the coming days.