An extreme heat wave is sweeping across western Canada claiming dozens of lives and people struggle to keep cool. The unprecedented heat smashed Canada’s temperature record when the mercury hit 49 degrees Celsius.
Cooling centers have been set up to give residents some respite from the sweltering heat which is expected to last for several days yet a prolonged dangerous and historic heat wave engulfing western Canada has already caused dozens of deaths. People are being encouraged to go to cooling centers to combat the extreme heat.
“ it's just unbearable, it's impossible to be out, never seen anything like this, i hope it never becomes like this ever again
it's not really pleasant, this is too much
too much summer for us here” ~ says a local
But some are enjoying being outdoors.
“It doesn't feel like Vancouver but it's an interesting experience, yeah it's been nice getting outside but basically been consuming gallons of water the whole time not surprising” ~says another local
With temperatures exceeding 45 degrees in some places and feeling close to 50 degrees in others because of the humid conditions some are taking to the water to cool down while others are helping the vulnerable by distributing food and drink to provide relief. Officials point to this being part of a wider problem (Climate change).
“The big lesson coming out of the past number of days is that the climate crisis is not a fiction it is absolutely real and if you look I’ve had a briefing from the wildfire service yesterday and again today the entire west coast of North America is red hot. This is not a British Columbia problem it's not a Canada problem it is a global challenge and we all need to have Citizens of the world coming together” ~ John Horgan, British Columbia Premier
School
and college classes have been cancelled in British Columbia which means more
play time perhaps but extreme heat and the search for relief looks like a climate
emergency problem that just isn't going away.
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