Historic Northwest heat wave linked to dozens of deaths and hundreds of emergency room visits
By Angela Fritz, Carma Hassan and Brisa Colon, CNN
Hundreds of people have visited emergency departments or urgent-care clinics in the Pacific Northwest since Friday and as many as 60 deaths have been reported as an excruciating heat wave smashed all-time temperature records in Oregon, Washington and Canada.
Portland set record-high temperatures three days in a row, topping out at 116 degrees on Monday. Seattle hit 108 degrees, a new record. At least two locations in Washington reached 118 degrees, which, if confirmed, would tie the state temperature record that dates back to 1928.
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