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Continued from Front through Friday morning.Wil-
Portland already hit 102 F liam Nonluecha, who lives
(38.9 C) on Tuesday, a new in a tent in Portland, sought
record daily high, prompt- out shade with some friends
ing the National Weather as the temperature soared
Service to extend the ex- on Wednesday afternoon.
cessive heat warning for Nonluecha was less than a
the city from Thursday minute's walk from a cool-
through Saturday evening. ing shelter set up by lo-
Seattle on Tuesday also re- cal authorities but wasn't
ported a new record daily aware it was open. He said
high of 94 F (34.4 C). the heat in his tent was al-
The duration of the heat most unbearable.
wave puts Oregon's big- His friend Mel Taylor, who
gest city on course to tie was homeless last year but
its longest streak of six con- now has transitional hous-
secutive days of 95 F (35 C) ing, said during last sum-
or higher. mer's record-breaking heat
Climate change is fueling wave a man in a tent near
longer heat waves in the his died from heat exhaus-
Pacific Northwest, a region tion and no one realized it.
where weeklong heat spells He's afraid the same thing
were historically rare, ac- might happen this summer.
cording to climate experts. Matthew Carr cools off in the Salmon Street Springs fountain before returning to work cleaning up "He was in his tent for like a
Heat-related 911 calls in trash on his bicycle in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, July 26, 2022. week and the smell, that's
Portland have tripled in re- Associated Press how they figured out that
cent days, from an estimat- he was dead," Taylor said.
ed eight calls on Sunday expect to see two or three." of death may not be con- slightly cooler temperatures "It's sad."
to 28 calls on Tuesday, said People working or exer- firmed until several months in the mid-90s, Loverde got Residents and officials in
Dan Douthit, a spokesper- cising outside, along with later. heat stroke from working in the Northwest have been
son for the city's Bureau of older people, were among People in Portland's icon- his cart for hours, he said. trying to adjust to the likely
Emergency Management. those taken to emergency ic food cart industry are "It hurts, it definitely hurts. reality of longer, hotter heat
Most calls involved a medi- departments, the state- among those who work I still pay my employees waves following last sum-
cal response, Douthit add- ment added. outside. Many food trucks when we're closed like this mer's deadly "heat dome"
ed. On Wednesday, the Or- have shut down as side- because they have to pay weather phenomenon that
Multnomah County, which egon State Medical Exam- walks sizzle. the bills too, but for a small prompted record tempera-
includes Portland, said iner's Office said at least Rico Loverde, the chef business it's not good," he tures and deaths.
there has been an uptick two people have died from and owner of the food said Tuesday. About 800 people died in
in the number of people suspected hyperthermia cart Monster Smash Burg- Multnomah County said its Oregon, Washington and
visiting emergency de- during the heat wave. One ers, said the temperature four emergency overnight British Columbia during a
partments for heat-related death occurred in Port- inside his cart is generally cooling shelters were at 2021 heat wave that hit in
symptoms. land on Monday, the Mult- 20 degrees hotter than the half capacity on Tuesday late June and early July.
Emergency department nomah County Medical Ex- outdoor temperature, mak- with 130 people spending The temperature at the
visits "have remained el- aminer's Office said. ing it 120 F (48.9 C) inside his the night. But anticipat- time soared to an all-time
evated since Sunday," the The state medical exam- business this week. ing more demand, officials high of 116 F (46.7 C) in Port-
county said in a statement. iner's office said the heat- Loverde said he closes have decided to expand land and smashed heat
"In the past three days, related death designation down if it reaches above 95 capacity at the four sites to records in cities and towns
hospitals have treated is preliminary and could F (35 C) because his refrig- accommodate nearly 300 across the region. Many of
13 people for heat illness, change after further inves- erators overheat and shut people. The overnight shel- those who died were older
when they would normally tigation. The official cause down. Last week, even with ters will remain open at least and lived alone.q

Obama White House portrait to be unveiled at Sept. 7 event

WASHINGTON (AP) — former president previously when it negotiated acquir-
Barack Obama 's presi- returned in April to mark ing a portrait of former first
dential portrait will be un- the 12th anniversary of his lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
veiled at the White House signature health care law In 1978, President Jimmy
in a September ceremony — and spent more than Carter unveiled the official
hosted by his former No. 2, four hours meeting with White House portraits of for-
President Joe Biden. Biden and greeting White mer President Gerald Ford
Portraits of the former presi- House staff. and former first lady Betty
dent and Michelle Obama President Biden and first Ford in an East Room cer-
will be presented in the East lady Jill Biden will host the emony.
Room, as is traditional, on Obamas for the occasion. Carter later asked not to
Sept. 7, White House press As with previous such cer- have a ceremony, accord-
secretary Karine Jean- emonies, the artists and ing to the association, but
Pierre said Thursday. details about the artwork most other former first cou-
"That'll be very exciting," won't be released until the ples have had one in their
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama ap- Jean-Pierre said. day of the ceremony. years since leaving office.
plaud former President George H.W. Bush and former first lady It will mark the first time The private and nonprofit The Obamas hosted the
Barbara Bush, not seen, during the portrait unveiling ceremony the former first lady has re- White House Historical Asso- May 2012 unveiling of the
for former President George W. Bush and former first lady Laura
Bush portraits, May 31, 2012, in the East Room of the White House turned to the White House ciation has arranged por- portraits of former President
in Washington. since her husband left of- traits of recent presidents George W. Bush and for-
Associated Press fice in January 2017. The and first ladies since 1965, mer first lady Laura Bush.q