A "pressure-cooker" heatwave that has broken temperature records in western Canada and the U.S. northwest claimed hundreds of lives over the past week.
Nearly 500 people died over the past five days in British Columbia, the worst-affected region in Canada.
"It is believed likely that the significant increase in deaths reported is attributable to the extreme weather BC has experienced and continues to impact many parts of our province," British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said on Wednesday.
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