Heat dangers have been added to B.C.\u0027s broadcast alert system, and cities and seniors centres have provisions to respond to heat illness.
While the expected heat wave may not reach temperatures experienced last summer, more heat emergencies are likely in future, and B.C.’s seniors’ advocate says we may not be ready.
This weekend the forecast is for temperatures around 30 degrees, which could trigger a heat warning if The top-tier warning is for an extreme heat emergency, like last year’s when the hot days were extended by a high-pressure system blocked by a jet stream. That leads to a “high certainty that temperatures would substantively increase day over day for three or more consecutive days,” the province said.
“A lot of things we recommended people do would have been sufficient during a heat wave” but were not in a heat dome, she said.
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