Warnings renewed as summer heat baking much of B.C. intensifies

A heat wave blistering overmuch of southbound and cardinal British Columbia is expected to proceed done nan week, Environment Canada is warning.

Heat warnings stay successful effect for galore parts of B.C., including Metro Vancouver, nan Fraser Valley, nan Southern Interior and overmuch of Vancouver Island.

On nan South Coast, temperatures Monday and Tuesday are expected to deed nan low- to mid-30s, pinch nighttime highs successful nan mid- to high-teens.

Temperatures should beryllium cooler adjacent nan water.

Temperatures successful nan Southern Interior are forecast to emergence supra 40 C this week.

The power is forecast to highest connected Tuesday, though won’t afloat break successful nan days to come.

“We are projecting temperatures to easiness disconnected ever truthful somewhat but still beryllium speaking to astir 8 to 9 degrees supra seasonal for nan remainder of nan week, truthful those are conscionable awkward of nan power informing criteria,” Environment Canada meteorologist Armel Castellan said.

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“But they are not looking to stay aliases spell beneath seasonal values which would beryllium 26 C during nan daytime and 11 C overnight. That is astir apt existent good into nan forecast astir apt until nan extremity of July astatine nan earliest.”

A summary from Environment Canada shows 22 regular high-temperature records fell crossed nan state connected Sunday, including 1 that had stood for almost 120 years.

The mercury deed 38.3 C successful nan Kamloops area, breaking nan erstwhile grounds of 35.6 for July 7 group successful 1906.

Environment Canada is urging nan nationalist to watch for nan signs of power illness, including dense sweating, rash, cramps, fainting, precocious assemblage somesthesia and nan worsening of immoderate wellness conditions.

People are advised to activity places to cool off, including tree-shaded areas, pools and scatter pads, and air-conditioned spaces specified arsenic nationalist buildings.

— pinch files from nan Canadian Press