Mercifully, the PNW has escaped the heat dome blanketing a large portion of the eastern US.

The temperature may remind you of Western Washington in June 2021. The oppressive heat set records across the region.

A new lawsuit claims the world's largest oil companies are to blame for the blistering temperatures, and for the death of at least one woman who died as a result.

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The 2021 heat dome killed her mom. Now she's suing big oil