6 deaths in Seattle area blamed on recent heat wave

The health worker’s workplace in Washington state’s most populous county, which incorporates Seattle, has reported six heat-related deaths following a warmth wave that encompassed a lot of the Pacific Northwest final week.

In Oregon, the state health worker’s workplace mentioned Monday it was investigating 14 deaths as presumably heat-related in the course of the scorching spell.

Based on the King County Medical Examiner’s workplace in Washington, three folks — ages 64, 65 and 77 — died from hyperthermia between July 27 and 30, and three folks — ages 22, 23 and 67 — died from unintended drownings in the course of the warmth wave, The Seattle Occasions reported.

The info is preliminary and extra heat-related deaths may be reported later, in keeping with the health worker.

The Nationwide Climate Service issued an extreme warmth warning for the Puget Sound area from July 26-31, and Seattle set a brand new report with six consecutive days of excessive temperatures above 90 levels Fahrenheit.

Moreover, between Tuesday and Friday, 61 emergency division visits for heat-related sickness have been recorded in King County, in keeping with Public Well being – Seattle & King County. And emergency medical providers in King County responded to over 50 suspected heat-related sickness reviews between July 26 and July 31.

Local weather change is fueling longer warmth waves within the Pacific Northwest, a area the place weeklong warmth spells had been uncommon, in keeping with local weather specialists.

Final yr, about 800 folks died in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia throughout a warmth wave in late June and early July. The temperature hit an all-time excessive of 116 levels in Portland.