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- The impacts of this event were catastrophic, including hundreds of attributable deaths across the Pacific Northwest, mass-mortalities of marine life, reduced crop and fruit yields, river flooding from rapid snow and glacier melt, and a substantial increase in wildfires—the latter contributing to landslides in the months following.
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Feb 12, 2024 · From late June into early July of the year 2021, the Pacific Northwest region of North America experienced a heatwave that showed the highest temperatures this region has seen in a millennium.
Feb 9, 2023 · In late June 2021 a heatwave of unprecedented magnitude impacted the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and the United States. Many locations broke all-time maximum temperature records by...
The events that led up to the 2021 Northwest heat dome are complex, but a high-pressure system caused the heat dome itself. The high-pressure system also blocked the cooling maritime winds and prevented clouds from forming, allowing the sun to continue to warm the air and land surface.
Sep 15, 2022 · During the last days of June 2021, temperatures in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) soared to record highs, leading to myriad negative impacts including a spike in heat-related emergency department visits (Schramm et al., 2021) and human mortality (Henderson et al., 2022 ), buckled roads (Griggs, 2021 ), and increased wildfires (Overland, 2021 ).
- Karen A. McKinnon, Isla R. Simpson
- 15 September 2022
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Jul 7, 2021 · The deadly heat wave that baked the Pacific Northwest in late June would have been “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change, an international team of scientists announced July...
Nov 24, 2022 · The 2021 Pacific Northwest (PNW) heatwave constituted an extraordinary and record-breaking weather extreme that exceeded normal temperatures for the time of year by more than 20 °C locally...
Nov 24, 2022 · Unprecedented heat conditions in the North American Pacific Northwest (PNW) in late June and early July 2021 affected millions of people, probably led to deaths in the thousands and...
