More than 800 people have probably died due to the heat wave in the western Canadian province of British Columbia, CTV reported, citing information from the region's forensic service, BGNES reported. According to the data, from June 25 to July 1, when the thermometer showed more than 40 degrees Celsius, 808 people died in British Columbia. The peak of mortality was on June 29, when 300 people died. In this temperature has reached 49.6 degrees Celsius. Most of the dead were reported to be single retirees.
Forensic scientists have not yet determined how many of these 808 people died precisely because of the abnormal heat, but according to statistics, in the last five years between June 25 and July 1 in British Columbia, only 198 people died from various causes. According to the local meteorological service, during the heat period a temperature record was reported in the village of Lytton, where the thermometer showed 49.6 degrees Celsius. Later, due to forest fires there, Lytton burned almost completely