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July 9, 2021

Pacific Northwest Heat Wave "Impossible Without Human-Caused Climate Change"
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A new analysis by the World Weather Attribution network finds this
summer's record-shattering heat wave in the Pacific Northwest would have
been "virtually impossible without human-caused climate change." The
study also warned that as the human-induced climate crisis continues to
heat the planet, such events will become a lot less rare. The high
temperature in Lytton, British Columbia, hit 121 degrees on June 29 -
one day before a massive wildfire destroyed most of the town. The heat
wave is blamed for up to 500 deaths in British Columbia, 78 deaths in
Washington state and 116 in Oregon. 


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