US heatwave kills 63 in Oregon including 45 in Portland alone as record 116F temperatures bring blackouts & wildfires
MERCURY melting temperatures have left 63 people dead in Oregon - including 45 in Portland alone - as a scorching heatwave continues to bring blackouts and wildfires across parts of the US and Canada.
Hyperthermia has been the cause of death to 45 people living in Portland since the heat rose to 116F earlier this week.
Since Friday, the Beaver State, much of the Pacific Northwest and large swaths of Canada have suffered consecutive days of scorching temperatures.
The state’s police counted at least 63 people, ranging from age 44 to 97 and mostly men, having died on account of the hellish conditions.
Many were found alone without air conditioning or a fan to aid them through the fever, reported.
The highest ever temperature recorded in Canada, 121.3F (49.6C) occurred in Lytton.
That smashed a 1937 record reading was 113F (45C) in Saskatchewan, according to .
Two-thirds of the victims are 70-years-old or older.
"This is serious, serious heat."
While most of the West and East ends of North America are trying to fend off blazing conditions as a result of the heat dome, places like Utah are being hit with torrential downpours.
Zion National Park received .
Raging red floodwaters were witnessed swishing past properties shifting debris and sweeping the ground into moving mud.
The park and its hiking canyons were forced to shutdown while emergency rescues were launched to recover the stranded visitors.
The heavy rain coming down on the dry, unsaturated ground appeared to be the main cause for the rising water surge.
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More concerning is that there are more thunderstorms expected, causing yet more flooding throughout the state’s national parks, reports.