Articles for Northwest Heat

IMD issues severe heat warning for northwest India, monsoon over Andaman & Nicobar
7 months ago

IMD issues severe heat warning for northwest India, monsoon over Andaman & Nicobar

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department on Sunday announced the onset of monsoon over the south Andaman Sea and the Nicobar Islands, while it also warned of a ‘heat wave to severe heat wave’ over northwest India. It is likely to move north-eastwards and concentrate into a Depression over central parts of the Bay of Bengal around May 24”, the …

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Record heat boosting wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest
1 year, 4 months ago

Record heat boosting wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest

NPR  

Record heat boosting wildfire risk in Pacific Northwest Enlarge this image toggle caption Roger Matthews/AP Roger Matthews/AP A record heat wave in the Pacific Northwest has prompted fire managers to bump the national preparedness level up a notch, from three to four on a five point scale. At the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, federal fire managers monitor giant …

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Heat wave lessons learned in Pacific Northwest
2 years, 4 months ago

Heat wave lessons learned in Pacific Northwest

NPR  

Heat wave lessons learned in Pacific Northwest The heat wave of 2021 was the deadliest weather event in Washington state's history. RYAN: Goss says last year's difficulties led the hospital to make some changes. RYAN: Washington Governor Jay Inslee says the state's doing what it can to keep heat waves from killing people. The city of Seattle has come up …

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Below normal max temperatures likely in northern plains from March to May, says IMD
2 years, 9 months ago

Below normal max temperatures likely in northern plains from March to May, says IMD

India Today  

Maximum temperatures are predicted to remain "below normal" in the northern plains, including Punjab, parts of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, during the March to May period, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday. "Above normal maximum temperatures are most likely over many areas in western and adjoining central India, northwest India and northernmost parts of northeast India," it said. …

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Northwest heat wave swamped the vulnerable, was a harsh climate wake-up call
3 years, 4 months ago

Northwest heat wave swamped the vulnerable, was a harsh climate wake-up call

LA Times  

Joel Aslin recalls on July 22 how he called an ambulance for neighbor Karen Colby when she suffered heatstroke after temperatures in her Portland, Ore., studio apartment reached 107 degrees. “We did everything right and she survived,” Aslin said, “and then we had that stupid heat wave and that almost took her life.” The record-smashing heat that swept through cities …

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Unprecedented heat wave shatters records across the globe | See Pics
3 years, 5 months ago

Unprecedented heat wave shatters records across the globe | See Pics

India Today  

Climate change is causing record-setting temperatures to become more frequent. Hundreds of deaths in Canada, America may have been caused by the historic heat wave that baked Canada's western territories and US Northwest and shattered all-time temperature records in usually temperate cities. Scroll down to see photos capturing the tense heat environment in different countries: 1 Scorching temperatures across Balkans …

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Death toll from Northwest heat wave expected to keep rising
3 years, 5 months ago

Death toll from Northwest heat wave expected to keep rising

LA Times  

A Salvation Army EMS vehicle sets up as a cooling station in the Canadian city of Calgary on Wednesday. Each day, more deaths are being linked to the heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest this week, with medical staff who treated people overwhelmed by temperatures well above 100 degrees saying the toll from the extreme weather will keep creeping …

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Hundreds believed dead in Northwest heat wave, despite efforts to help
3 years, 5 months ago

Hundreds believed dead in Northwest heat wave, despite efforts to help

LA Times  

Salem Fire Department paramedic Justin Jones tries to stay cool after responding to a heat exposure call Saturday in Salem, Ore. But the efforts weren’t enough, she said: “It’s been really sobering to see these initial numbers come out.” Oregon Office of Emergency Management Director Andrew Phelps agreed. Reyna Lopez, executive director of a northwest farmworkers’ union, known by its …

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Northwest US faces hottest day of intense heat wave
3 years, 5 months ago

Northwest US faces hottest day of intense heat wave

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — The hottest day of an unprecedented and dangerous heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest on Monday, with temperatures obliterating records that had been set just the day before. So I’m not real thrilled.” The heat wave was caused by what meteorologists described as a dome of high pressure over the Northwest and worsened by human-caused climate change, which …

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