https://apnews.com/3b76aad7eac38f6f203d32f3bf7c22b5 > OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state's death toll from last month's record-breaking Pacific Northwest heat wave has risen to 78. > A year earlier, Washington had just seven heat-related deaths from mid-June to the end of August, the state Department of Health said Thursday. From 2015 to 2020, there were a total of 39 deaths.