Another heat wave is expected to hit King County later this week, and temperatures are forecast to hover in the high 90s on Thursday and Friday (Aug. 12-13). The National Weather Service listed an excessive heat warning beginning Wednesday, Aug. 11.<\/p>\n
This will be the second time this summer that temperatures will reach the upper 90s in King County.<\/p>\n
As with the previous heat wave, the extreme temperatures can pose serious public health risks. The Department of Health recorded around 80 heat-related deaths that occurred during the heat wave in June.<\/p>\n
Extreme heat can cause a variety of heat-related illnesses, the most serious being heatstroke, an illness that can be fatal if not treated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Young children, the elderly, low-income populations and outdoor workers have a higher risk of getting a heat-related illness such as heatstroke, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n
Drinking copious amounts of water, remaining indoors in a cool space and minimizing physical exertion are the best ways to avoid heat-related illness, according to the state Department of Health.<\/p>\n
The symptoms of heatstroke include a temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, skin that is hot and red, fast pulse, headache, and nausea, according to the CDC<\/a>. If someone is exhibiting these symptoms, call 911 immediately, move the person to a cooler area, put cool, damp towels on them, but don’t give them anything to drink, according to the CDC. For more information on identifying and treating heat-related illnesses, visit the CDC website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s for the second time this summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1016,"featured_media":51194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4,24],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1016"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51193"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=51193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}