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Officials in Multnomah County, home to Portland, Oregon, report 4 suspected heat-related deaths
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, said Monday that the county medical examiner was investigating four suspected heat-related deaths as the region continued to swelter under an early heat wave.
Three deaths were reported on Friday and Sunday, officials said, adding that a man transported from outside the county died from a suspected heat-related illness at a Portland hospital on Saturday.
Authorities said it will take investigators weeks or months to confirm the causes of death.
Oregon’s most populous city broke daily record temperatures on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and was on track Monday to do so for a fourth consecutive day with a forecasted high of 102 degrees Fahrenheit (38.9 Celsius), according to National Weather Service meteorologist Hannah Chandler-Cooley.