Key Takeaways
- Hazardous heat is expected across much of Virginia today, with the heat index exceeding 90 degrees, with the potential to hit triple digits in a few areas. The National Weather Service recommends “extreme caution” with heat indexes in this range. Temperatures are expected to cool over the weekend.
- Avian flu outbreaks among domestic mammals recently, including among domestic cats in Poland and fur farms in Finland, are raising concerns about the ongoing spread of the disease.
- The total number of Canadian wildfires declined, and there are no uncontrolled wildfires burning in Quebec. The overall number of fires remains high, however. Wildfire smoke is not expected to impact Virginia’s air quality significantly over the next few days.
- A Pfizer facility damaged by a tornado, along with the potential for strikes or bankruptcies affecting major shipping companies, have raised medical supply chain concerns.
- Six small earthquakes struck Southwest Virginia within a month.
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