719 people were victims of the abnormal heat, which is observed in Canada. This was announced Friday, July 2 by the forensic service of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The statements came after dangerous weather conditions broke all temperature records in the province.
“We are releasing this information because it is believed that the extreme weather conditions experienced by British Columbia last week are a significant factor contributing to the increase in the number of deaths,” said the chief medical examiner for the television station. Canadian province Lisa Lapointe. Radio-Canada.
From last Friday to Thursday, the forensic service received a slew of reports of sudden and unexpected deaths across the province, Lappoint said. For comparison, she noted that the provincial department, prior to the onset of the abnormal heat, had only recorded three heat deaths in the past three to five years.
Lappoint noted that along with the decrease in the number of warnings of unusually hot weather, the number of calls for sudden deaths has also decreased.
Heat-related deaths have skyrocketed in recent years in Canada and the United States.
Recently, a heat wave swept through the Pacific Northwest of the United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia, causing severe weather deaths to skyrocket. The Canadian provincial weather service reported that on Tuesday, June 29, a historic maximum temperature was recorded – 49.5 degrees Celsius. Local law enforcement in British Columbia has indicated that the majority of victims of the unusually hot weather are seniors with health problems. Note from the experts: This kind of weather phenomenon occurs once every thousand years.
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