Langford is considering a funding application to help it prepare for future extreme heat events like last year’s heat dome.
The application will be for $30,000 in provincial funding from the CEPF Extreme Heat Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning funding pool, which will go towards a CRD Climate Action Services plan to create the Capital Region Extreme Heat Vulnerability Dashboard Project. The dashboard will give more information on the most vulnerable areas throughout the region and help with planning in the future.
Eighteen people died in Greater Victoria due to extreme heat during the 2021 heat dome, the BC Coroners Service reported in November. A total of 595 people died due to summer heat waves across B.C. last year.
Climate modelling estimates similar heat events every three to 10 years, according to a 2022 report from the BC Provincial Heat Alert and Response System.
ALSO READ: Summer heat dome resulted in 18 Greater Victoria deaths: BC Coroners Service
Do you have a story tip? Email: vnc.editorial@blackpress.ca. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook.