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The thermometer climbed in Quebec. In early July, the
heat wave that struck the region left 70 dead, according to the final count of local health authorities released Monday.
Nearly half of the deaths, 34 in all, was recorded in Montreal, the economic capital of Quebec, a told AFP spokeswoman for the provincial Department of Health.
Rising in deaths
An episode of intense heat hit eastern Canada for a week in early July, but only the French-speaking province officially There was a rise in deaths due to extreme temperatures.
It was 34 degrees Celsius last week in Montreal, but humidity raised the temperature to 40 degrees Celsius, according to data from Environment Canada's weather service. . The mercury has regularly exceeded 30 degrees since last Friday in southern Quebec, with a feeling of up to 44 at the beginning of the week.
In 2010, a heat wave had caused the death of a hundred people in the Montreal area.
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