Oregon and Washington, along with several other states and parts of Canada have been baking in the historic heatwave this week. Sunday Canada broke it’s high-temperature record when Lytton British Columbia reached 116 degrees. Monday Salem Oregon was listed as the hottest city in the country that day at 117 degrees Fahrenheit, the city’s hottest day since record keeping started in the 1890’s. The heatwave is now expected to continue through the 4th of July.
Heatwave map of the Pacific Northwest via weather.gov
According to Jeff Berardelli, the CBS news meteorologist and climate specialist, the Northwest is currently under an Omega Block shaped heat dome. He called this a, “once in a thousand year event.” The heat is currently trapped and sitting in a dome over the affected areas in the Northwest.
Stores have been running out of portable air condition units, people have been taking refuge at cooling centers, and others have been toughing it out at home
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