[Anchor]

The heat that has scorched parts of the country has still not cooled down. Let's connect with our reporter live at Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul.

Reporter Lee Se-hyeon, behind you we can see many citizens soaking their feet in the stream. Is it still very hot right now?

[Reporter]

I have been standing here for two hours preparing for this broadcast.

Sweat continues to drip down my neck and back, and it is truly so hot that it feels hard to keep standing.

[Choi Ji-hoon / Gyeyang-gu, Incheon: It's too humid even in the evening, and I have to run the air conditioner all night every night. It's so hot at night that there are many mosquitoes, and I feel like I'm enduring frustrating days one after another.]

[Kim Gi-yeol & Kim Min-seung / Goseong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do: The weather has been very hot lately, but dipping our feet in the water seems to have lowered the sensible temperature a lot....]

Citizens here are beating the heat by holding portable electric fans and soaking their feet in Cheonggyecheon Stream.

As I watch from here, I often see people unable to stay long and instead moving to nearby air-conditioned cafes or other indoor spots.

[Anchor]

Is the forecast predicting that tropical nights will continue across most of the country tonight (August 3)?

[Reporter]

Yes, it is past 8 p.m., but the temperature here is still hovering above 32°C (90°F) as you can see.

A tropical night advisory is issued when the lowest nighttime temperature stays above 25°C (77°F), or 26°C (79°F) or higher in large cities like Seoul or coastal areas.

In Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, which recorded the highest temperature in meteorological observation history, tropical nights have continued for 18 days, and for a staggering 27 days in northern Jeju.

The national average number of tropical night days from June until last night was tallied at 10.6 days.

This is the longest record in history since meteorological observations began in 1973.

Literally, we are spending the hottest summer ever this year.

When lack of sleep occurs due to tropical nights, your biological rhythm can break down and immunity can drop.

Experts advise keeping indoor temperatures around 26°C (79°F), and when using air conditioning, opening windows to ventilate every two to three hours.

(Photo & Video by: Kim Han-gyeol, Video Editing by: Cho Mu-hwan)