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SEOUL--South Korea raised the hot weather warning to its highest, the first time in four years, as parts of the country roasted in temperatures over 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 F), the interior and safety ministry said on Wednesday.
The scorching heat is estimated to have killed at least 22 people across South Korea as of Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
At least 16 people have died in South Korea's heat wave, where temperatures have been over 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) for a week.
Korea's barley output fell 1.1 percent in 2023 from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, due to the adverse effects of heavy rainfall over recent months.
Five more bodies have been recovered from a flooded underground road in central South Korea, bringing the number of people dead or missing in recent downpours to 50, officials said...