SEOUL: A streak of super-hot tropical nights is set to break a century-old South Korean weather record, according to official data released on Wednesday (Aug 14), as the peninsula bakes in a prolonged heat wave.
SEOUL: A streak of super-hot tropical nights is set to break a century-old South Korea n weather record, according to official data released on Wednesday , as the peninsula bakes in a prolonged heat wave.
The so-called tropical nights phenomenon refers to when the temperature does not drop below 25 degrees Celsius overnight, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. According to data from Seoul's interior ministry, 21 people have died from suspected heat-related causes so far this year, with hundreds of thousands of livestock also perishing.
"The average temperature of the Korean peninsula over the past three decades has risen by 1.6 degrees Celsius compared to the 1981 to 2010 period," Chang said.South Korea's electricity demand hit an all-time high on Monday as the country's population battled the ongoing heat wave with air conditioners and fans.
"In our country we witnessed the fierce heat in recent days," Kim Kwang Hyok, an official at North Korea's State Hydro-Meteorological Administration, told AFP."Severe heat of 33 to 37 is foreseen in some areas. That's why we announced the warning for this fierce heat until August 14," he added.
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