[(Title)] Heat wave kills 33 people in Quebec, many in Montreal where temperatures topped 110 degrees

Health authorities in the Canadian province of Quebec said Thursday that 33 people have died from heat-related complications in the last few days.

加拿大魁北克省的卫生当局星期四说，在过去几天中，有33人死于与热有关的并发症。

Eighteen of those deaths have come in Montreal, where humid temperatures climbed past 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

其中18例死亡发生在蒙特利尔，在那里，潮湿的温度攀升至华氏110度。

Many of the victims were men over the age of 50 living alone in private apartments and seniors' residences, according to Dr. David Kaiser with Montreal's public health department.

蒙特利尔公共卫生部的戴维·凯瑟博士说，许多受害者都是50岁以上的男子，他们单独住在私人公寓和老年人的住宅里。

None of the victims had air conditioning and Kaiser said most of them died inside of their homes.

没有一个受害者有空调，凯瑟说，他们中的大多数死于家中。

"It's not surprising," he said. "Heat risk in an urban setting is a combination of medical, social and environmental exposures. The elderly, people with chronic diseases and people with mental health problems are more at risk."

“这并不奇怪，”他说。 “城市环境中的高风险是医疗，社会和环境暴露的结合。老年人，慢性病患者和有心理健康问题的人更容易受到危害。”

Kaiser said the social aspect — living alone and not having another place to go to cool down — typically plays a major role in heat-related deaths in the city.

凯瑟说，社会方面——单独生活，没有另一个地方可以降温——通常是城市中与热相关的死亡的重要因素。

"Montreal is gigantic heat island," he said, referring to an environmental phenomenon caused by a lack of vegetation and an abundance of concrete. There also micro heat islands throughout the city, particularly in some of the poorer areas, he added.

他说：“蒙特利尔是巨大的热岛。”他提到由于缺乏植被和丰富的混凝土而造成的环境现象，并且整个城市都存在微热岛屿，特别是在一些较贫困地区。

This, too, played a factor in the current heat wave, which began June 29.

这也是6月29日开始的当前热浪的一个因素。

Heat warnings were in effect across southern Quebec, Ontario and the Atlantic region of the country, but temperatures were expected to drop overnight.

在加拿大魁北克南部、安大略和大西洋地区，高温警报实际上已经生效，但气温预期会在一夜之间下降。

Dr. Mylene Drouin, the regional director of Montreal's public health department, said ambulance services reported receiving more than 1,200 calls overall in Montreal on Wednesday.

蒙特利尔公共卫生部区域主任Mylene Drouin博士说，救护车服务周三在蒙特利尔总共接获1,200多次电话服务。