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Dialuna 28 Juni 2021

With virtual and in-person events, NYC Unprecedented:

commemorates Pride Northwest heat wave

builds, records fall
“It’s such an important thing
for them to see that they have
two dads and that there are
other people that have two
moms, two dads, single dads,
single moms,” Gannon told
WCBS Radio. “There are all
different ways that families
are made up, so it’s really
awesome to be able to share
this experience with them to-
day.”

For people looking to march
for LGBTQ rights, the Re-
claim Pride Coalition held
its third Queer Liberation
(AP) — New York City’s ing planned. March from Bryant Park
annual LGBTQ Pride pa- to the Stonewall National (AP) — Intense. Pro- opened additional public
rade went ahead virtually That didn’t deter throngs Monument and into Wash- longed. Record-break- library branches Sunday,
again due to the pandemic from gathering in person ington Square Park. The lib- ing. Unprecedented. and will again Monday, to
Sunday, though demon- on Sunday afternoon for eration march event does not Abnormal. Dangerous. provide additional cooling
strators and celebrators PrideFest, a street fair with allow police or corporate par- centers, The Seattle Times
were still making their vendors, food and entertain- ticipation. That’s how the National reported.
presence felt around the ment in Manhattan. A dance Weather Service described
city. party was planned for Herald New York City’s gay pride
Square and fireworks, mu- parades began in 1970 to the historic heat wave Seattle’s light rail trains
The main New York City sic and food were prepared commemorate the 1969 that is hitting the Pacific may have to operate at
reduced speeds because
Northwest, pushing day-
Pride parade, which usually for Pier 45 in Hudson River Stonewall uprising, which time temperatures into the of excessive heat on the
draws throngs of participants Park. started after a police raid on a triple digits and breaking tracks, causing delays that
and spectators, was presented Manhattan gay bar. all-time high temperature could continue into the
as a television broadcast spe- Sean Gannon from Maple- records in places unac- work week, Sound Transit
cial, since now-lifted pan- wood, New Jersey, attended The Stonewall Inn is still customed to such extreme said Sunday.
demic restrictions were still with his husband and two there, now under different heat. The heat wave also moved
in effect at the time it was be- 3-year-old sons. owners. into Idaho, where tem-
Portland, Oregon, reached peratures above 100 F (38
US airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in 110 degrees Fahrenheit C) are forecast in Boise for
(43.3 Celsius) Sunday, at least seven days starting
Syria, Iraq breaking the all-time tem- Monday. Ontario, Oregon
perature record of 108 F — a city near the Idaho
(42.2C), which was set border — could see at least
just a day earlier. Oregon’s a week of triple-digit tem-
Capital city, Salem, also peratures, including a high
recorded the highest tem- of 109 F (42.8 C) Wednes-
perature in its history on day, forecasters said.
Sunday: 112 F (44.4 C),
breaking the old mark by 4 Cities were reminding res-
degrees. idents where pools, splash
pads and cooling centers
Records were being bro- were available and urging
ken across the region, and people to stay hydrated,
the sizzling temperatures check on their neighbors
were expected to get even and avoid strenuous activi-
hotter Monday. ties.

The temperature hit 101 Still, about 3,000 athletes
F (38.3 C) at Seattle-Taco- participated in an Iron-
ma International Airport man Triathlon in Coeur
on Sunday. The National d’Alene, Idaho, on Sunday.
Weather Service said that The race start was moved
is the first time the area re- up to 5 a.m. The event in-
corded two triple digit days cludes a 2.4-mile swim, a
since records began being 112-mile bike ride and a
(AP) — The U.S. military, under the operational and weapons storage facilities — kept in 1894. 26.2-mile marathon run
direction of President Joe Biden, con- two in Syria and one in Iraq. (a 3.9-kilometer swim, a
ducted airstrikes Sunday against what it It got so hot in Seattle that 180-kilometer bike ride
said were “facilities used by Iran-backed He described the airstrikes as “defensive,” the city parks department and a 42-kilometer run).
militia groups” near the border between saying they were launched in response to closed a community pool
Iraq and Syria. an “ongoing series of attacks by Iran-backed in the southern portion of Race organizers said they
groups targeting U.S. interests in Iraq.” the city because of “unsafe, had 62,000 pounds (28,000
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the “The United States took necessary, appropri- dangerous pool deck tem- kilograms) of ice at hydra-
militias were using the facilities to launch ate, and deliberate action designed to limit the peratures.” tion stations, misting sta-
unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against U.S. risk of escalation — but also to send a clear King County closed sever- tions and chilled towels
troops in Iraq. and unambiguous deterrent message,” Kirby al COVID-19 testing sites to hand out to athletes,
Kirby said the U.S. military targeted three said. because of the heat. Seattle KHQ-TV reported.