[Anchor]
The entire country was boiling again today, July 13. Daegu, in particular, recorded the highest temperature in the nation at 37.7 degrees. When our reporting team measured the temperature in downtown Daegu, it soared well past 40 degrees.
TBC reporter Park Ga-young has the story.
[Reporter]
The construction site is completely empty, without a single worker in sight.
Under a tent where only an old fan spins weakly, the thermometer reads a staggering 38.9 degrees.
Although an ice machine was installed to prepare for the heatwave, it is of little use in this kind of scorching weather.
[Kim Sam-seok/Site Worker: (Doesn't it make you dizzy working in this weather?) It does when it gets really hot. When it's hot, we take salt glucose tablets and keep working.]
The temperature in Daegu currently observed by the Korea Meteorological Administration is hovering around 34 degrees.
However, the thermometer in the city center here has exceeded 42 degrees.
Ice cubes placed on the ground melt in less than a minute.
Citizens have gathered in underground shopping malls to escape the heat, but even here, they are fanning themselves constantly because of how hot it is outside.
[Min Byeong-gwon/Dalseong-gun, Daegu: It's like a steamer at home. Even if you turn on the air conditioner, you can't keep it on for long because of the electricity bill.]
Today, based on automatic weather station data, the daytime temperature in Sinam, Daegu, rose to 37.7 degrees, marking the highest in the country. Other areas also experienced sweltering heat, with Homigot in Pohang and Hayang in Gyeongsan reaching 37.5 degrees, and Hwangseong in Gyeongju hitting 37 degrees.
A total of 25 people have suffered from heat-related illnesses in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions over the three days since the heatwave advisory was issued on July 10. Authorities are on high alert due to the disaster-level heatwave that has arrived even before Chobok (the first of the three dog days of summer).
(Video by Kim Young-sang, TBC)
TBC Park Ga-young
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