On Monday, the Canadian province of British Columbia closed several schools, universities and vaccination centers due to extreme heat that set national records. He writes, among others, the Reuters news agency.
The city of Lytton, north of Vancouver, on Sunday recorded a temperature of 46.6 ° C, 1.6 ° C higher than the previous national record set in Saskatchewan in 1937, according to the Canadian federal Department of the Environment. and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
On Tuesday morning, Norwegian time, the ECCC reported that the city broke its own record the next day, with a staggering temperature of 47.9 C.
– Shock
In addition, more than 40 regions of British Columbia set local heat records on Sunday, according to the BBC. The heat is due to what is described as a “working dome” or “hot dome”.
It is not an unambiguously defined weather phenomenon, according to BBC meteorologist Nick Miller, but describes large areas of high pressure, leading to clear skies and very hot days. The high pressure zone stretches from California in the United States to the Canadian Arctic, according to the BBC.
“It’s a complete shock to a Canadian – it feels like Las Vegas or India, not Vancouver,” defense attorney Chris Johnson told The New York Times.
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