Heat wave kills 19 in Canada
AFP; Montreal, Jul 5 : A heatwave in Quebec has killed at least 19 people in the past week as high summer temperatures scorched eastern Canada, health officials said.
Twelve of the dead were reported in the eastern province's capital Montreal, said regional public health director Mylene Drouin.
The Tribune newspaper said five of the deaths occurred in the past 48 hours in the Eastern Townships, a rural area just east of the city.And late Wednesday two more deaths blamed on the heat were recorded in a Montreal suburb, Radio Canada reported.
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