{"id":55949,"date":"2025-08-09T02:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55949\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T02:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:33:07","slug":"extreme-heat-expected-for-eastern-ontario-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/55949\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme heat expected for eastern Ontario this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Environment Canada has issued another\u00a0heat warning for eastern Ontario\u00a0as temperatures are expected to rise to the low 30s\u00a0this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The weather agency said the heat wave will begin Saturday with daytime highs between 30\u00a0and 33 C, potentially\u00a0feeling as hot as 40 C with humidity.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;ll be no break from the heat after sunset either, as overnight lows range from\u00a019 to\u00a023 C.<\/p>\n<p>The heat wave is expected to end with cooler temperatures midway through next week.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth heat warning Environment Canada has issued\u00a0for Ottawa\u00a0this summer, with the most recent one coming two weeks ago when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/heat-warnings-ended-for-ottawa-gatineau-wider-region-1.7594879\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temperatures were in the low-to-mid 30s<\/a> in\u00a0Ottawa-Gatineau.<\/p>\n<p>Heat can affect everyone<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada warns that extreme heat can affect everyone&#8217;s health and encourages anyone suffering from heat exhaustion to stop physical activities and drink water.<\/p>\n<p>Red and hot skin, dizziness, nausea, confusion and change in consciousness are possible signs of heat stroke, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Health Canada recommends\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/climate-change-health\/extreme-heat\/how-protect-yourself.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">staying cool and staying hydrated<\/a>\u00a0when extreme heat hits.<\/p>\n<p>That can mean everything from drinking lots of water and rescheduling\u00a0outdoor activities for cooler times\u00a0to preparing meals that don&#8217;t require ovens and keeping track of nearby air-conditioned spaces.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who feels they have heat stroke should call 911.<\/p>\n<p>More resources may be available through your municipality.\u00a0Ottawa, for example, has a map of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawapublichealth.ca\/en\/public-health-topics\/extreme-heat-and-humidity.aspx#Places-to-cool-off-in-Ottawa-Interactive-map-and-printable-poster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">public and other places to cool off<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Environment Canada has issued another\u00a0heat warning for eastern Ontario\u00a0as temperatures are expected to rise to the low 30s\u00a0this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-55949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}