South Korea's Lee Orders Emergency Response to Record Heatwave
Lee ordered ministries and local governments to mobilise all available personnel and resources as the heatwave was blamed for more than 20 deaths.
- On Thursday, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ordered an all-out government response to a record-breaking heatwave that has killed 21 people, directing officials to mobilize resources and enforce mandatory rest breaks for outdoor workers.
- Meteorologists attribute the scorching conditions to climate change, while Typhoon Dolphin strengthens easterly winds across the Korean Peninsula, intensifying heat in western regions including a record 108.5 degrees Sunday in Yangsan.
- More than 2,400 patients have visited emergency rooms for heat-related conditions; the Korea Baseball Organization cancelled all 10 scheduled games Wednesday and Thursday after spectators fainted, with 25 treated in Incheon.
- Seoul endured temperatures above 100 degrees Thursday, approaching the 103-degree record from 2018, as the city deployed measures including spraying water on roads and inviting residents to cool off in the Cheonggyecheon stream.
- The Korea Meteorological Administration projected Thursday that average summer wet-bulb globe temperatures could rise from about 80 degrees to nearly 92 by the end of the century without significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seong Seo-ho = The Ministry of Health and Welfare held an emergency meeting on responding to the heatwave on the 7th, presided over by Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong, and decided to form and operate a 'Heatwave Response Emergency Headquarters'...
South Korean President Orders Nationwide Response to Heatwave
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has ordered government agencies to mobilize emergency resources, as temperatures in parts of the country are set to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday. Lee told a heatwave response meeting on Aug. 6 that stronger safeguards for residents were needed, as well as stricter enforcement of rest breaks for outdoor workers during peak temperature hours. The heatwave is expected to peak over Seoul on Thursday…
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