Scorching Heat Just Began... Daily Average Temperature Already Second Highest on Record

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Sizzling, suffocating heat continues. Based on measurements up to the day before yesterday (July 27), this summer's average temperature is the second highest since meteorological observations began. There has also been another death attributed to a heat-related illness.

Reporter Seo Donggyun has the details.

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Sweat pours down just by standing still.

Outdoor activities that people used to do every day are now out of the question.

[(How many people came out to exercise?) About 10. (Why didn't many people show up?) It's too hot today...]

The daytime high in Seoul soared to 32.7°C (91°F), with the perceived temperature climbing to 33.7°C (93°F).

Yangsan in South Gyeongsang Province was the hottest spot nationwide at 39°C (102°F), while Bukchangwon hit 38.2°C (101°F) and Uiryeong reached 37.6°C (100°F), with temperatures surpassing 35°C (95°F) in various parts of the Yeongnam region.

A "severe heatwave warning," the highest level of heatwave advisory, has been in effect for five consecutive days, repeatedly expanding and contracting mainly around the Yeongnam region.

Heatwave advisories and warnings remain issued for most parts of the country, including a heatwave warning for parts of Seoul.

As daytime heat transitions into tropical nights, tropical night advisories—issued when heatwaves and tropical nights occur simultaneously—are currently in effect for most of the country, excluding some inland areas.

The nationwide average number of tropical night days this summer, compiled from June 1, stood at 7.8 days, breaking the record for the highest number during the same period since the nationwide meteorological observation network was expanded in 1973.

The daily average temperature was 24.2°C (76°F), ranking second highest on record following last year, while the average daily high temperature reached 29.1°C (84°F), ranking fourth on record.

The number of heat-related illness patients increased by 73 in a single day, bringing the cumulative total to 1,482.

The cumulative number of deaths from heat-related illnesses has reached 9.

More than 30 percent of heat-related illness patients are aged 65 or older, and it was reported that a woman in her 80s collapsed on a roadside in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, exhibiting symptoms of a heat-related illness and later died.

(Camera Chief: Yang Ji-hun | Video Editing: Choi Jin-hwa | Design: Kim Han-gil)
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