Seattle officials said they would be monitoring key infrastructure such as power systems, water systems, roadways and bridges, and would be coordinating outreach teams who can help some of the most vulnerable people deal with the high temperatures. Seattle’s mayor, Jenny Durkan, tweeted on Thursday: “Dangerously high temperatures ahead for Seattle.” She included a map of cooling center locations, a list of drinking fountains and advice for staying cool. If you don’t have air conditioning in your home, make a plan right now to find a cool location you can access.” Oregon’s governor, Kate Brown, and the Portland mayor, Ted Wheeler, had declared a state of emergency earlier in the week due to the extreme heat.īrown said: “Please treat these hot temperatures seriously. The Oregon department of forestry’s chief of fire protection, Doug Grafe, said that crews had “lots of confidence we’re going to hold that fire where it is now”. The huge Bootleg fire in southern Oregon has been almost entirely contained, with officials making efforts to keep it that way, amid more than a dozen wildfires alight in the state, many started by lightning strikes. The next 72 hours will be critical,” Oregon’s fire marshal, Mariana Ruiz-Temple, told reporters. “We do have a large amount of fire across all of our lands. Oregon fire officials are braced for high temperatures and lightning raising the wildfire risk over the weekend. Volunteers scrambled to hand out water, portable fans, popsicles and information about cooling shelters to homeless people living in isolated encampments on the outskirts of the city. Portland typically sees temperatures in the 80s during August. Portland’s 102F on Thursday was hotter than temperatures recorded in Phoenix, where the high in the desert city was a below-normal 100F. Coordinators from the Arches Project handed out water and cold cloths to people during a heatwave in Salem, Oregon, on Thursday. Darlene Salgado, 65, presses an ice cold cloth to her forehead.
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