Northwest US faces hottest day of intense heat wave
SEATTLE (AP) The hottest day of an unprecedented and dangerous heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest on Monday, with temperatures obliterating records that had been set just the day before.
Seattle hit 107 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius) by mid-afternoon well above Sunday’s all-time high of 104 F (40 C) on the way to an expected high of 110 F (43 C). Portland, Oregon, reached 115 F (46 C) after hitting new records of 108 F (42 C) on Saturday and 112 F (44 C) on Sunday.
The temperatures were unheard of in a region better known for rain, and where June has historically been referred to as “Juneuary” for its cool drizzle. Seattle s average high temperature in June is around 70 F (21.1 C), and fewer than half of the city s residents have air conditioning, according to U.S. Census data.
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Intense Heatwave Scorches Northwest US
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The hottest day of an unprecedented and dangerous heatwave scorched the Pacific Northwest on Monday, with temperatures obliterating records that had been set just the day before.
Seattle hit 107 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius) by mid-afternoon well above Sunday’s all-time high of 104 F (40 C) on the way to an expected high of 110 F (43 C).
Portland, Oregon, reached 115 F (46 C) after hitting new records of 108 F (42 C) on Saturday and 112 F (44 C) on Sunday.
The temperatures were unheard of in a region better known for rain, and where June has historically been referred to as “Juneuary” for its cool drizzle.
Several locations in the Northeast broke or tied record high temperatures for June 28th, but this heat is not as extreme as places in the Pacific Northwest like Seattle WA (107) and Portland OR (115), both of which broke their all time high temperature record again today. pic.twitter.com/Rdx1XHnJ3Q
Crews spend 5th day atop shaky pile of collapsed concrete
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) â Rescuers searching for a fifth day for survivors of a Florida condo building collapse used bucket brigades and heavy machinery Monday as they worked atop a precarious mound of pulverized concrete, twisted steel and the remnants of dozens of households.
Authorities said their efforts were still a search-and-rescue operation, but no one has been found alive since hours after the collapse on Thursday. Two more bodies were recovered Monday, bringing the confirmed death toll to 11. They were later identified as 50-year-old Frank Kleiman and 50-year-old Michael David Altman in a Miami-Dade Police news release that also named 52-year-old Marcus Joseph Guara as one of the bodies recovered on Saturday. More than 150 others are still missing in the community of Surfside, just outside Miami.