“Extreme” heat wave in New York due to temperatures above 90 degrees

Oregon’s capital Salem also posted a heat record: 44.4 ° C (112 ° F).

The thermometer rose to 40 ° C (104 ° F) in Seattle, a record for a city more accustomed to rain than to hot. The National Weather Service indicated that it was the first time that this area has passed for two consecutive days above 100 ° F since it began to keep the count in 1894.

Temperatures are expected to continue to rise on Monday before toning down a bit on Tuesday.

About 3,000 homes were without power in the Portland area Sunday afternoon, local power company Portland General Electric reported.

In the Seattle metropolitan area, there were about 3,400 homes that were without power, reported the local company, Puget Sound Energy.

The heat spread to Canada, to the province of British Columbia. There in the village of Lytton, temperatures rose to 46.1 ° C (115 ° F). That’s a record for all of Canada.

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