Environment Canada has warned of rising temperatures in British Columbia and Alberta, with scores of people dying as temperatures rise across Canada’s southern Pacific Northwest. mostly senior citizens, children .
Leighton in British Columbia had a high of 46.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday and a high of 47.9 degrees Celsius on Monday. Before this week, temperatures in Canada never reached more than 45 degrees Celsius. “Find out what’s going on with your neighbors, family members, senior citizens,” said Mike Clanz, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver.
“We see this season as deadly for members of our community in Joachim, especially senior citizens and those with pre-existing health problems. It is very important that we understand each other during such hot weather. ” In Burnaby alone, police have responded to 25 cases of “sudden death,” most of them retired.
According to the Globe and Mail, paramedics in British Columbia said more than 100 people had called for help on Sunday, citing rising temperatures. Meghan Fendrich, who lives in Leighton’s small village, told the magazine that it was “almost impossible” to get out of the house. “It’s unbearable,” she said.
“We are trying to stay indoors as much as possible. I think we are used to heat but it is dry heat. 30 to 47 degrees Celsius is too much. ” Environment Canada has issued warnings to British Columbia and Alberta about rising temperatures. Besides, information has also been issued to the northwestern region.
“We are the second coldest and snowiest country in the world,” said David Phillips, a senior climatologist at Environment Canada. “We talk a lot about the cold but not much about the summer,” he said. What is the impact on the United States? Portland and Seattle in the US have higher temperatures. The temperature has risen to its highest since 1940.
According to the US National Weather Service, the temperature in Portland, Oregon reached 46.1 degrees Celsius and in Seattle 42.2 degrees Celsius. A Seattle resident told AFP that the weather in the city of Washington felt like a desert.
