Highways are cracking, roads are buckling, and railway tracks are being warped by the record-breaking heat searing the Pacific Northwest. Flights have been canceled and restaurants have been forced to close due to the extreme weather.
Global temperature record-keeping data shows that the last seven years have been the warmest on record. But this heatwave is affecting areas that have rarely ever been this hot before.
“This is a complete shock to a Canadian; this feels like Las Vegas or India—not Vancouver,” said Chris Johnson, a criminal lawyer who decided to leave his 90 degree-Fahrenheit home for an air-conditioned hotel.
Lawrence Lau, a resident of Vancouver, told the Trumpet that “most homes” in his city “are not built with centralized air conditioning so everything in the house was very warm. It was 97 degrees Fahrenheit in my house and even higher with the humidity!”
Lytton village in British Columbia broke Canada’s national heat record for three consecutive days with temperatures reaching 121 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday and has now been extensively damaged by wildfires. Several other towns also broke local records with temperatures well over 100 degrees throughout the week.
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