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Parts Of US Reach 46 Degrees

Tuesday, 29 June 2021 10:54

By Ciara Noble @niaracoble

Stock image: Pixabay

Hottest day of recent heatwave in Northwest of country

Parts of the US have seen temperatures top 46 degrees Celsius on the hottest day of an intense heatwave.

In Portland in Oregon the boiling hot weather caused power cables to melt.

Temperatures reached 43 degrees Celsius in Seattle, usually a region better known for rain.

The heat has been caused by a dome of high pressure over the Northwest, worsened by climate change.

“This is the beginning of a permanent emergency. That is why it is so disturbing,” Washington Gov. Inslee says on the blistering heat wave gripping the Northwest. https://t.co/nPu02x3kWM
— MS NOW (@MSNOWNews) June 29, 2021

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