{"id":10717,"date":"2021-06-25T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T16:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=10717"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:53:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T16:53:24","slug":"excessive-heat-warning-issued-for-yakima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/excessive-heat-warning-issued-for-yakima\/","title":{"rendered":"Excessive Heat Warning Issued for Yakima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An excessive heat warning, including the potential for record-high temperatures, is in effect from 2:00 pm today, Friday, through 8:00 pm next Thursday, July 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>High temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees each day during the excessive heat warning. For Yakima, specifically, the National Weather Service forecasts a high temperature of 111 degrees on Monday, June 28<sup>th<\/sup>, and 112 degrees on Tuesday, June 29<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City\u2019s Refuse Division asks the community to have refuse carts out by 6:00 am on the day of scheduled pick-up. That will help City crews complete their routes during the cooler part of the day and avoid the possible overheating of refuse vehicles during extreme heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Refuse Division will not provide extra services, such as special hauls, during the excessive heat warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Yakima provides free spray parks at Miller Park and Martin Luther King Jr. Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information about City of Yakima swimming pools is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/aquatics\/\">Aquatics | Yakima Parks and Recreation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Information about the City\u2019s Harman Center, which offers activities for adults 50 and older, is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/yakimaparks.com\/senior-center\/\">Harman Center at Gailleon Park | Yakima Parks and Recreation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information about the Henry Beauchamp Community Center, which provides programs and services for families, youths and seniors, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yvoic.org\/services\/community\/\">Community Services &#8211; OIC of Washington (yvoic.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yakima Health District (YHD) recommends the following to stay cool and safe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stay indoors and in an air-conditioned environment as much as possible.<\/li><li>Drink plenty of fluids, water is best.<\/li><li>Never leave any person or pet in a parked vehicle or outdoors without any protection from the sun for an extended period.<\/li><li>Limit outdoor activity, especially midday when the sun is the hottest.<\/li><li>Use sunscreen and wear loose lightweight, light-colored clothing.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the following link for more heat safety tips from YHD &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimacounty.us\/DocumentCenter\/View\/28252\/062421_Excessive-Heat-Watch-in-Effect-Friday-June-25-through-Thursday-July-1?bidId=\">062421_Excessive-Heat-Watch-in-Effect-Friday-June-25-through-Thursday-July-1 (yakimacounty.us)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Excessive-Heat-Warning-News-Release.pdf\">Excessive Heat Warning &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Excessive-Heat-Warning-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An excessive heat warning, including the potential for record-high temperatures, is in effect from 2:00 pm today, Friday, through 8:00 pm next Thursday, July 1st. High temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees each day during the excessive heat warning. For Yakima, specifically, the National Weather Service forecasts a high temperature of 111 degrees on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10717"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10722,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10717\/revisions\/10722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}