SEOUL, Aug 4 — South Korea’s summer heat has killed 16 people so far this year, the interior ministry said today, as the nation swelters in a wave of searing weather.
Between May 15 and and August 2 a total of 2,025 people have suffered heat-related illnesses, of which 16 people have died, a ministry statement said.
South Korea’s heat record has been broken three times over the past week, with the latest all-time high set at 42.5 degrees Celsius in the city of Yangsan on Sunday.
The whole of Seoul was under the highest-level “severe heatwave warning” alert today, with temperatures forecast to soar again close to 40 degrees Celsius.
“Extreme, life-threatening heat is forecast,” the weather agency said in a statement today. — AFP
Date: 4 August, 2026 4:00 pm
Source: Malay Mail
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