{"id":24456,"date":"2021-06-30T08:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=24456"},"modified":"2021-06-30T08:34:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T08:34:05","slug":"dozens-dead-amid-historic-heatwave-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=24456","title":{"rendered":"Dozens dead amid historic heatwave in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since Friday. Most were elderly or had underlying health conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They said the heat was a contributing factor in many cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Canada recorded its highest ever temperature for a third straight day \u2013 49.5C (121F) in Lytton, British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before this week, temperatures in the country had never passed 45C. The heatwave is due to a dome of high pressure hovering over the north-western US and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts say climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves. However, linking any single event to global warming is complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heat is believed to have been a contributing factor in the deaths of 65 people in the city of Vancouver, police say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suburb of Burnaby, meanwhile, reported at least 34 sudden deaths and the Surrey area recorded 38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVancouver has never experienced heat like this, and sadly dozens of people are dying because of it,\u201d police sergeant Steve Addison said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur officers are stretched thin, but we\u2019re still doing everything we can to keep people safe,\u201d he said, before adding that daily sudden death calls in the city had more than trebled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the tiny village of Lytton, about 155 miles (250 km) east of Vancouver, resident Meghan Fandrich said it had been \u201calmost impossible\u201d to go outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/british-columbia\/article-dangerous-heat-wave-sets-records-across-western-canada\/?utm_campaign=sophi-pop&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR1GPiuow305cy8kGVWpNr8CisdIMUF2CrqUP2oyxY2S4APRYPEBLsnOR0E\">\u201cIt\u2019s been intolerable,\u201d she told the Globe &amp; Mail newspaper.<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cWe\u2019re trying to stay indoors as much as possible. We\u2019re used to the heat, and it\u2019s a dry heat, but 30 [degrees] is a lot different from 47.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many homes in British Columbia do not have air conditioning as temperatures are usually far milder during the summer months. Temporary water fountains and cooling centres have been set up in the Vancouver area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dozens of officers have been redeployed in the city, while the increased volume of 911 calls has created a backlog and depleted police resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country\u2019s weather service, Environment Canada, has issued heat warnings for the provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, along with areas of Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re the second coldest country in the world and the snowiest,\u201d said David Phillips, a senior climatologist for Environment Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe often see cold snaps and blizzards but not often do we talk about hot weather like this\u2026 Dubai would be cooler than what we\u2019re seeing now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the US Pacific Northwest on Monday, temperatures hit 46.1C in Portland, Oregon, and 42.2C in Seattle, Washington, the highest levels since record-keeping began in the 1940s, the National Weather Service said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be linked to the heatwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The heat is intense enough to melt cables, shutting down the Portland Streetcar Service on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An electrical utility in Spokane, Washington, has also introduced rolling blackouts to cope with huge power demand as residents run air conditioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One Seattle resident told the AFP news agency that the city felt like a desert: \u201cNormally\u2026 60, 70 degrees is a great day \u2013 everybody is outside in shorts and T-shirts \u2013 but this is\u2026 ridiculous\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amazon allowed members of the public into areas of its Seattle headquarters as a cooling-off location on Monday, while people in Portland also flocked to cooling centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Send your news stories to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via WhatsApp on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. 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