Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas County began a joint project to locate communities in need of more cooling shelters and tree canopies.
PORTLAND, Oregon — Portland is once again dealing with high temperatures this summer. Now Portland metro counties teamed up this weekend to determine which neighborhoods are most susceptible to extreme heat.
On Saturday, around 100 volunteers drove around Clackamas, Washington and Multnomah County collecting heat and humidity data. They used sensors that stuck outside of their passenger windows to determine how hot a neighborhood was Saturday.
One neighborhood could be up to 18 degrees hotter than another, based on the amount of shade
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