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More deaths reported in intense US Northwest heat wave

by Nicholas K. GeraniosAndrew Selsky
| June 30, 2021 12:09 AM

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — About a dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to an intense heat wave that brought scorching temperatures to the Northwest and caused one power utility to impose rolling blackouts amid heavy demand.

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