See images from the Pacific Northwest, where a record-obliterating heat wave is pushing daytime temperatures into the triple digits
Cliff divers line up along the Clackamas River at High Rocks Park on Monday in Portland, Oregon. Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images A record-obliterating heat wave is baking the Pacific Northwest, pushing daytime temperatures into the triple digits. Portland, Oregon, hit a sweltering 112 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, breaking the all-time temperature record of 108 degrees — set just one day earlier. Seattle set a new all-time high on Sunday too, at 104 degrees.
A fan gets sprayed with water after events at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon, were postponed because of high heat on Sunday. Photo: Ashley Landis/AP/Shutterstock Attendees sit inside a cooling booth at the Shasta District Fair during a heat wave in Anderson, California, on Saturday. Photo: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images A man and his children at the Salmon Springs Fountain on Sunday in Portland.
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