Refinitiv Newscasts - Heatwave simmers the U.S. Pacific Northwest

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28/06/2021 10:41

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Description: Temperatures soared on Sunday to an all-time high of 112 degrees
Fahrenheit in Oregon's largest city as a record heat wave blistered the
Pacific Northwest, sparking a run on ice and air-conditioners, while forcing
many restaurants and bars to close. Jayson Albano reports.
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Video Transcript:

>> An unprecedented heatwave has hit the US Pacific Northwest. It's causing
some bars and restaurants to close and sent many flocking to the nearest pool
on Sunday. In the usually temperate states of Washington and Oregon, homes and
businesses have long gone without air conditioning. But the National Weather
Service forecasted high temperatures climbing to more than 30 degrees
Fahrenheit above normal in parts of those states. Seattle, Washington on
Sunday saw temperatures reach an all-time high of 104 degrees Fahrenheit or 40
degrees Celsius. In Portland, Oregon, temperatures also sored to an
eye-watering 112 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the NWS, that's the hottest
temperature since records began in 1940. The extreme heat was said to be
caused by a dome of atmospheric high pressure over the upper US Northwest and
Canada. That's similar to conditions that punished California and Southwestern
states a week earlier. >> We just travelled from Oakland, California, and was
supposed to be a heatwave this weekend. The four of us, and we thought because
Portland is in the Northwest it'll be nice and cool, it might even be raining,
and we get here and it's so hot. When we check the weather back at home, it's
nice and cool. >> Oregon Governor, Kate Brown eased restrictions for swimming
pools, theaters, and shopping malls ahead of the heatwave. Meanwhile, stores
there quickly sold out of air conditioning units, fans, even ice. Multnomah
County, which contains the City of Portland, opened emergency cooling
shelters, most of them in public libraries, for residents without AC units to
escape the searing heat. The NWS says the heatwave is expected to ease
somewhat by Tuesday