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News 24 Meta — Wed, 24 May 2023 12:43:57 +0000

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Open this photo in gallery A woman enters the Vancouver cooling center during the scorching 2021 heat dome.JENNIFER GAUTHIERThe Globe and Mail The off-season burst of warm air expected this weekend in British Columbia will increase the risk of flooding and wildfires. But in Vancouver, high temperatures alone pose a sufficient threat to public health. The city is opening a series of cooling centers, spray parks and misting stations to help people escape the heat. The facilities follow a path in neighborhoods where extreme heat is likely to have deadly consequences. Two years ago, residents these neighborhoods bore the brunt of one Canada’s deadliest weather events, when a historic heat dome settled over the Pacific Northwest for nearly a we

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The Pacific Northwest is due for a Major Earthquake

NOVA PBS Official — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:16:14 +0000

An 8.0-magnitude-plus earthquake hasn’t rumbled beneath the Pacific Northwest since the 1700s. Now, the region is due for the next “big one” and a subsequent tsunami. Coastal Indigenous communities could be severely affected. (Already, the Shoalwater Bay Tribe is constructing a tsunami tower to give their residents a better shot at survival in the face of this kind of natural disaster.)

Clues from the past—paired with modern-day science—can help us better understand why this area is at risk and how to best mitigate an earthquake and tsunami’s effects.

PRODUCTION CREDITS:

Produced by:
Angelica Coleman
Jay Colamaria

Production Assistance:
Lorena Lyon
Christina Monnen
Caitlin Saks

Music: APM

Archival:
Amiran White
Degenkolb Engineers and Rice Fergus Miller
Edgeworx Studios, LLC
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
Storyblocks
Weave Ltd.

The Deadliest Weather Phenomenon In DECADES!

Rebel HQ — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 19:07:54 +0000

The record-breaking heat wave along the U.S. west coast is the deadliest weather phenomenon is decades according to the National Weather Service. Caroline Johnson breaks it down on Rebel HQ.