A three-day string of record high temperatures apparently caused at least as many deaths in the region, authorities said, but cooler air was moving in.
Three people may have died in a record-shattering heat wave in the Pacific Northwest this week, officials said.
The second death occurred Tuesday when the temperature hit about 102, officials said Wednesday. That death was reported by a Portland hospital. A third person who died was found Wednesday in northeast Portland when the temperature was also about 102, the medical examiner said. Further tests will determine if the deaths are officially related to the heat, officials said.
On Wednesday, daily high records were broken again in the same cities with temperatures from 102 to 105 degrees.
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