Wednesday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
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🗓️ 3 July 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Seattle summer is about to bring the heat, officials warn of dangerously cold lakes and rivers, and the Kraken make a historic coaching hire. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, coming to you on a holiday eve. This is Seattle now from KUOW. I'm Paige Browning. |
| 0:11.5 | Before the fireworks start for the night, here are today's top stories. It's Wednesday, July 3rd. |
| 0:19.4 | We're heading into a hot and dry spell around Western Washington, with temperatures moving |
| 0:24.3 | into the upper 80s on Friday, well above normal for early July. The real scorcher, though, will likely |
| 0:30.0 | be Sunday with a predicted high of 94 degrees in Seattle. That would break the record high for that |
| 0:35.7 | day by 4 degrees. Reed Wolcott is with the National Weather Service in Seattle. That would break the record high for that day by four degrees. |
| 0:40.4 | Reed Wolcott is with the National Weather Service in Seattle. |
| 0:47.1 | This level of heat is likely to bring a moderate to major risk of heat-related illnesses. |
| 0:53.0 | For anybody that's outside exposed to the temperatures all day, which a lot of people will be because it's a holiday weekend. |
| 0:59.2 | A heat advisory has been issued from noon Friday until 10 o'clock Monday night, and it'll stay warmer than normal next week. So we're advised to stay hydrated and check on older adults, kids, and |
| 1:05.8 | pets who can be more severely affected by the heat. |
| 1:16.6 | Thank you. more severely affected by the heat. There's a lot of fun to be had on a hot summer holiday week, but also a lot of risk. |
| 1:22.7 | The number of drownings in King County has gone up in the past five years. |
| 1:27.2 | About 30 people drowned every year. King County has gone up in the past five years. About 30 people drowned every |
| 1:29.2 | year. King County officials are urging everyone to take precautions when they swim. Ilyish O'Neill has |
| 1:35.6 | details today. The air will be hot this weekend, but many lakes and rivers will still be dangerously cold, |
| 1:42.3 | and even strong swimmers can get shock and go under. |
| 1:46.0 | So wear a life jacket when going into open water. Also, county officials say, don't consume |
| 1:52.0 | drugs or alcohol before swimming. Seventy percent of drowning deaths in the county involve drugs or |
| 1:57.8 | alcohol. Supervised children closely and be especially careful around rivers, |
| 2:03.0 | which are cold and strong this time of year. |
| 2:06.2 | Elish O'Neill, KUOW News. |
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