Oregon enforces new heatwave worker rules amid return of triple-digit temperatures

Oregon will enforce new heatwave-related worker rules as temperatures in the state are set to hit triple digits again this week.

The code, seen as the strongest in the US, was introduced in June after the death of Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Francisco Perez died in a farm field during a heatwave.

Officials say that at least 116 people died in Oregon during the record-breaking heat earlier this summer, which saw the highest record ever recorded in Portland of 116F.