🌍✨ Seattle wasn’t built for this much heat
Why we’re watching: Five summers ago, an unprecedented heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest, killing hundreds of people.
Iyaz: “It was the most devastating weather-related event in Washington’s history.” Daaniya Iyaz is the climate preparedness program manager with King County, which includes Seattle. 💚
She says the event was so deadly in part because the historically cool, drizzly region is unaccustomed to extreme heat – and unprepared for it.
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- 📌 Key signal: Five summers ago, an unprecedented heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest, killing hundreds of people. Iyaz: “It was the most devastating weather-related…
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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Yale Climate Connections.