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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - As the Central Valley prepares for the Fourth of July, the Fresno County Department of Public Health is preparing for what could beryllium a record-setting heatwave.
The National Weather Service issued an utmost vigor informing from 11 a.m. connected Tuesday until 8 a.m. Wednesday with temperatures possibly reaching upwards of 110 into the weekend.
Interim Health Officer Dr. Rais Vohra says this vigor question should beryllium treated similar a hurricane oregon tornado - an utmost upwind event.
"People don't deliberation that vigor could origin that level of disruption successful people's lives, but it tin and it does," Vhora said.
The region views excessive vigor interaction connected respective antithetic levels.
On the idiosyncratic level, talking with physicians and caregivers to show idiosyncratic diligent wellness and what to look for. Also, informing the nationalist astir cooling centers and encouraging everyone to support an oculus connected their neighbors.
On the macro level, assessing and anticipating however infrastructure volition respond.
Especially skilled nursing homes and elder surviving homes, preparing for things similar powerfulness outages oregon evacuations.
A representation of cooling centers and nationalist spaces with aerial conditioning is disposable online.
