Photos: Canada and northwestern US bake under a record-smashing heat wave
Swathes of the United States and Canada are under record-setting heat conditions, forcing schools and Covid-19 testing centers to close and the postponement of an Olympic athletics qualifying event, with forecasters warning of worse to come.
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Pablo Miranda cools off in the Salmon Springs Fountain on June 27 in Portland, Oregon. The village of Lytton in British Columbia broke the record for Canada's all-time high, with a temperature of 46.6 degrees Celsius, said Environment Canada. And in Eugene, Oregon, a temperature of 43.3 degrees Celsius forced organisers to postpone the final day of the US Olympic track and field trials, moving afternoon events to the evening.(Nathan Howard / Getty Images / AFP)
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Cliff divers line up along the Clackamas River at High Rocks Park at on June 27 in Portland, Oregon. Because of climate change, record-setting temperatures are becoming more frequent. Globally, the decade to 2019 was the hottest recorded, and the five hottest years have all occurred within the last five years, AFP reported.(Nathan Howard / Getty Images / AFP)
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Kids playing in the Salmon Springs Fountain in Portland, Oregon on June 27 when the city hit 44.4 degrees Celsius, according to the US National Weather Service (NWS), breaking the city's record set a day earlier.(Nathan Howard / Getty Images / AFP)
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An abandoned and melting pint of ice cream dries along a city street on June 27 in Portland, Oregon. The heat has been blamed on a high-pressure ridge trapping warm air in the region. The NWS previously said it would "likely be one of the most extreme and prolonged heat waves in the recorded history of the Inland Northwest."(Nathan Howard / Getty Images / AFP)
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