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2023 Multnomah County Heat Mapping Event
Heat Vulnerability Index Released by Multnomah County Health Department
Multnomah County Environmental Health Services has developed a Heat Vulnerability Index to help prioritize and guide extreme heat response and long-term planning.
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Help for When It's Hot
Information about cool spaces, cooling centers and other resources during the hot weather.
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Tips to stay cool and safe in extreme heat
With the National Weather Service forecasting temperatures as high as 98 degrees for the Portland metro area on Tuesday, view steps you and your family can take to prevent heat-related illness.
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Hot Weather and Extreme Heat
To protect your health when temperatures rise, remember to keep cool and use common sense.
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Preliminary review of heat wave deaths shows most were older, lived alone, had no air conditioning
Two people have been identified as experiencing homelessness; numbers may change as additional cases are investigated
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June 2021 Heat Event Preliminary Findings and Action Steps
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A preliminary report on the Mulltnomah County response to the June 2021 heat wave.
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June 2021 Heat Wave
An unprecedented heat dome settled over the region for nearly five days between June 25 and June 30. It was a mass casualty event.
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Hot weather returns on anniversary of last year’s heat dome: Prepare for high temperatures and protect others; those most at-risk live alone, without AC
Elected officials and health experts gather Sunday to kick off Heat Week, honoring those who died in series of record 2021 heat events and sharing findings from a final accounting of those deaths
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Multnomah County sues oil companies over 2021 Heat Dome disaster
Multnomah County filed suit against several of the largest fossil fuel and coal-producing corporations, seeking to hold them accountable for damages arising from the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome.
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