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Jul. 6, 2023 - What we can learn from the PNW 2021 heat wave
7/7/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
What can be learned from the Pacific Northwest’s 2021 heat wave.
A new analysis suggests strategies to better prepare for extreme heat and prevent attributed deaths across Washington.
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Jul. 6, 2023 - What we can learn from the PNW 2021 heat wave
7/7/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
A new analysis suggests strategies to better prepare for extreme heat and prevent attributed deaths across Washington.
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Summer has arrived in the Pacific Northwest, as a new report highlights devastating data about the heat wave of 2021 in the region.
In late June and July of 2021, the report found the blistering forecast led to a widespread public health emergency that strained Washington's emergency and healthcare systems.
University researchers, public health, and climate experts reviewed what happened then and offered practical strategies to help residents, community groups, and local municipalities better prepare for future extreme temperatures as well as prevent deaths, illnesses, and associated economic costs.
Officials say during that period nearly 130 Washingtonians died from heat-related causes.
Experts project temperatures will get warmer.
By the 2050s, Pacific Northwest summer temperatures will increase four to six degrees Fahrenheit.
Western Washington could see 17 to 27 heat days and Eastern Washington 20 to 30.
I'm Paris Jackson.
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