Seoul braces for first severe heat warning as heatwave sweeps South Korea
Trucks are dousing capital’s roads with water and nurses are checking on vulnerable people as heat heads westwardsSeoul is bracing for its first ever “severe heatwave warning” on Tuesday, as South Korea reels from a deadly heatwave that has seen the country record its highest ever temperature.The south-eastern city of Yangsan reached an all-time national record of 42.5C on Sunday afternoon – the highest temperature measured in 122 years of weather observations – and now the heat is shifting westwards,…
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