VANCOUVER The temperatures were similar, the response from residents identical, so why did British Columbia see so many more suspected heat-related deaths from last month’s brutal heat dome than Washington and Oregon? The detailed and complex analysis required to reach conclusions will likely take months if not longer, but there are some early indicators of what could’ve played the biggest role. Health officials in both states have already narrowed down their death tolls, but the BC Coroner Service is still vague about the final death toll since the investigation is still underway with no timeline presented. Washington’s Department of Health emphasizes its numbers are preliminary and subject to change, but it believes 112 people died during the heat wave (the state population is 7.6 million) . In Oregon, the heat is being blamed for 115 deaths state-wide (population 4.3 million) and officials have already provided information on the ethnicities, living situations
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