US and Canada hit by scorching weather of a heatwave

A man cools off at a misting station during the scorching weather of a heatwave in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Reuters image)

A man and his son look on in the penguin enclosure at the Calgary Zoo while trying to beat the heat in Calgary, Alberta. (AP image)

A Salvation Army EMS vehicle is set up as a cooling station as people lineup to get into a splash park during the heat in Calgary, Alberta. (AP image)

People rest at the Oregon Convention Center cooling station in Oregon, Portland due to the excessive heat in the United States. (AFP image)

People cool off in and around Alouette Lake in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. (AFP image)

Cliff divers line up along the Clackamas River at High Rocks Park in Portland, Oregon during the outrageous heatwave to cool-off. (AFP image)

A young boy holds his head under a waterfall at a park in Washington, DC, as a heatwave moves over much of the United States. (AFP image)

Heatwave hits the Canadian west coast. Kevin Ninness and one-year-old Sierra cool off at a splash pad. (Reuters image)

Six-year-old Gigi Riccardi cools off at a splash pad during the unfavourable weather condition of a heatwave in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Reuters image)