The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has upgraded the areas’s Heat Warning to an Extended Heat Warning and extended it to Thursday.
According to a release from the the health unit, Dr. Wajid Ahmed, the area’s associate medical officer of health, made the change based on information from Environment Canada.
The health unit stresses that older adults, babies and young children are especially at risk from heat and advises people in the area to check on friends, family members and neighbours during the heat wave.
Environment Canada’s forecast for the rest of the week calls for a high of 30 C on Thursday with a 40 per cent chance of showers and 27 C Friday before cooler temperatures bring a bit of relief with a high of 25 C on Saturday and 22 C Sunday.
