When Infrastructure Confronts a Searing Heat Dome

Portland, Oregon’s crippled rail systems reveal how climate change sometimes outpaces infrastructure

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A thermometer reads 113 degrees Fahrenheit during a heat wave in Portland, Oregon, U.S. June 27, 2021.
A thermometer reads 113 degrees Fahrenheit during a heat wave in Portland, Oregon, U.S. June 27, 2021.
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