In Oregon, officials believe at least six deaths in the past week are related to the heat.
The most recent death was reported Saturday in Clackamas County.
“The elderly man who died was in his home that had a non-functioning air conditioner,” the county said in a news release. The medical examiner’s office is investigating the official cause of death.
Five other suspicious heat-related deaths occurred in Multnomah, Clackamas, Umatilla and Marion counties, Oregon State Police spokeswoman Mindy McCartt said Friday.
The official causes of those deaths are also under investigation, McCart said.
The temperature at Portland International Airport reached or exceeded 95 degrees for “6 days in a row, with 3 of them at or slightly above 100,” the National Weather Service said Saturday.
Portland remains under an extreme heat warning Sunday, the weather service said.
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management posted resources on Twitter to get help, including a map showing cooling centers in the state and details on how to get there.
But the heatwave scorching the North West will ease this week.
The most extreme temperatures have shifted away from the coast and into interior parts of the Northwest, Brink said Sunday.
“This heat dome will move into the northern plains on Tuesday and into the Midwest on Wednesday,” he said. “And even the Northeast will find itself in above-average temperatures through Thursday and Friday.”
