- Temperatures in Portland, Oregon, soared to 116 which topped a previous all-time high.A meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland says people will start seeing relief tomorrow, where weather models are predicting a high of the mid-to high 90s.”We’re going to have to get used to this going forward,” said Kristie Ebi, a professor at the University of Washington who studies global warming and its effects on public health.
A record-breaking heatwave that descended on the Pacific Northwest over the weekend reached its peak Monday. Temperatures in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle soared to 116 and 106, respectively, topping previous all-time highs — some of which have been set just in the last
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