Canada, record heat: temperatures up to 49.5 degrees

A record heat of up to 49.5 degrees hit Vancouver causing dozens of emergency calls for sudden death. Mike Kalanj of Burnaby Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the detachment responded to 25 sudden death calls over a 24-hour period starting Monday. The deaths are still under investigation and many of the deceased were elderly. Temperatures in the Vancouver area reached just under 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) on Monday, but humidity made it feel close to 104 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) in areas that aren’t close to water. Environment Canada said. The record-breaking heatwave could subside over parts of British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories by Wednesday, but any respite for the Prairie provinces is further away.