Oregon emergency office says declaration wouldn t have helped in heat-related deaths Allison Mechanic, KATU Staff
But why?
Cooling centers were set up. People were passing out water on the street and fans were delivered to people s homes. As the death toll rises, the Oregon Office of Emergency Management, OEM, is looking into what more should have been done. We want to know what else needs to be done to ensure that whatever barriers existed that caused these folks to lose their lives, those barriers are eliminated in the future, said Andrew Phelps, director of Oregon OEM.
Phelps says they started preparing for the heatwave the week before it hit. Getting agencies, cities and counties together to see how they were going to handle things. Phelps says everyone was prepared.
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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.
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