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The medical examiner confirmed the cause of death for 45-year-old Nadine Hager was hyperthermia. Author: Kaitlin Riordan Updated: 5:25 PM PDT July 6, 2021
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. The number of heat-related deaths in Spokane County grew over the July 4th holiday amid a historic heat wave that slammed the Northwest, bringing record-breaking temperatures to Spokane and surrounding areas.
The medical examiner wrote on its website Tuesday afternoon that there are 15 deaths wherein circumstances suggest they may be heat-related, although autopsy results are not yet available to confirm. The medical examiner s office released this information after multiple media outlets requested information regarding deaths that may be heat-related.
, a committed advocate for substance abuse recovery, who said the overall rate of overdose deaths is actually even higher.
“One third of all of the deaths for homeless people in our county are a direct result of an overdose. One third [of the homeless community] will freely admit they have a substance disorder, but we know it’s way higher than that, somewhere in the 80% range…we need to support those systems that tend to take people away from substance abuse.”
According to Dunn, the economic and physical uncertainty coupled with the isolation related to the quarantine has led to a substantial set of public health challenges related to substance abuse disorder and mental health.
Heat Is On: Extreme Heat Wave Taking a Deadly Toll
July 1, 2021 Lisa Jaffe is a Washington state native who has lived in her 115-year-old house for 5 years. Like many residents of Seattle, she has no central air conditioning but relies just on a portable unit, which she normally doesn t need. I have a big tree that gives me shade, says Jaffe, a freelance journalist. That all worked fine until recently, when the unprecedented heat wave hit the Pacific Northwest.
Temperatures soared in Washington state and Oregon on Monday. It got up to 107, she says, and it didn t get below 86 in the house. My weather app said it feels like 110. And I wanted to know, to who?
By Zuri Anderson
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As the Pacific Northwest is recovering from the record-breaking heat home, officials are revealing how much it has taken a toll on residents in the Seattle area, according to
KOMO.
Officials said King County has seen dozens of doctors visits and thousands of emergency responses over the last four days due to the abnormal heat wave. Even though temperatures started to drop after Monday (June 28), dry conditions and sweltering heat continue to linger. As a result, many people were still seeking medical assistance, health officials said.
This is what reporters learned from the King County Medical Examiner s office: