Heat warning issued for Calgary and area yyc
Highs in the city are expected to range from 28 C to 30 C, combined with relatively warm evenings for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.“Heat warnings are issued when very high temperature conditions are expected to pose an elevated risk of heat illnesses, such as heat stroke or heat exhaustion,” reads the Environment Canada statement.Heat warnings have covered most of B.C. since Monday and Environment Canada says the sweltering conditions have toppled more than a dozen daily temperature records.
Fourteen records were set around the province on Tuesday, from Prince Rupert to Bella Bella, Ashcroft and across the Fraser Valley and south coast. The oldest record to fall was in the Agassiz area of the Fraser Valley, where the mercury hit 36.5 C, almost one degree higher than the previous record set in 1899.
B.C. also claimed the top seven hottest locations in the country on Tuesday, including Lytton, which was the hot spot in Canada at 40.2 C.As of Wednesday morning, much of B.C. and Alberta were under heat warnings.
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