2024-08-04 18:00:00
11 people died due to heat… 3 people every day for 3 days
The heat wave of around 35 degrees is likely to continue for at least 10 days.
Foreigners use “hand fans” to escape the heat
Foreigners who visited Namsan in Seoul on the 4th were using handheld fans to cool down. On this day, the highest daytime temperature in Seoul was recorded at 38 degrees, and high temperatures continued across the country, with temperatures around 40 degrees. This afternoon, “severe heat” hit 40 degrees Celsius in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province. Reporter Li Hanjie always@donga.com
On the 4th, record-breaking “fatal high temperatures” occurred in the metropolitan area, with the highest temperature reaching 40 degrees. The number of people suffering from heat stroke has also increased rapidly. In just 3 days, 154 people suffered from heat stroke, and 3 of them died.
According to news from the Korea Meteorological Administration on the 4th, this afternoon, the Automatic Weather Observation Equipment (AWS) in Yeoju City, Gyeonggi Province recorded 40.0 degrees (around 3:30 p.m.). It has been five years since the highest temperature in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province, exceeded 40 degrees (40.2 degrees) on August 5, 2019. However, these two figures have not been officially measured at 97 weather stations across the country, so they are not considered extreme values by the Korea Meteorological Administration. The weather station recorded only six extremes of temperatures above 40 degrees. On August 1, 2018, the hottest year in the history of the Korean Peninsula, the temperature in five places including Hongcheon County, Gangwon Province exceeded 40 degrees, with the temperature in Hongcheon County, Gangwon Province reaching as high as 41 degrees.
On the 4th, high temperatures close to 40 degrees continued to occur across the country, with the highest temperature in Seoul reaching 38 degrees. Heat wave warnings have also been issued for 182 of the country’s 183 regions (excluding the mountainous areas of Jeju). The Korea Meteorological Administration predicts that the sweltering heat of around 35 degrees across the country will last for at least 10 days. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Heat Stroke Monitoring System on the 4th, as of the 3rd, a total of 11 people had died from heatstroke across the country. There were 590 cases of heat-related illnesses reported to emergency rooms last week, a 75% increase from the previous week (337 cases).
Passed away while working in the field with a body temperature of 42 degrees Celsius… When the temperature exceeded 50 degrees Celsius, four spectators were transported away from Jamsil Baseball Stadium.
A total of 11 people have died in Changwon City due to the heat wave, including those in their 50s… 154 cases of heatstroke occurred in just 3 days
“Heat wave during the day, tropical night at night” continues until the 14th… Gangneung has recorded the longest tropical night in 113 years
Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters: “Do not conduct outdoor work such as field work during the day.”
“It was hot and my grandmother was lying in the ground.”
According to news from the Gwangju West Fire Station on the 4th, 119 received a similar report at around 2:50 pm the day before yesterday (3rd). Emergency personnel were immediately dispatched and found an unconscious woman in her 80s in a field near an apartment building in Seo-gu, Gwangju. She was taken to a hospital, but died. When discovered, the woman’s temperature had risen to 42 degrees. “We believe he died of a heat-related illness while working in the fields during the heat wave,” a police officer said. Gwangju, which has been under a heat wave alert since the 22nd of last month, recorded a maximum perceived temperature of 36.4 degrees that day. .
●A total of 11 people died in the “40-degree heat wave”
The murderous heat wave continues to sweep across the country. The automatic weather observation equipment (AWS) installed in Chandong-myeon, Yeoju City, Gyeonggi Province, when the temperature reaches 40 degrees, the number of people suffering from heat stroke also increases rapidly. Especially when going out to farm after the rainy season, there are many cases of people dying in the fields or rice fields.
According to news from Gyeongsangnam Province on the 4th, at around 4:54 pm on the 3rd, a report was received through 119 that a woman in her 50s fell to the ground in a field in Masanpalpo District, Changwon City, Gyeongsangnam Province. . Paramedics who rushed to the scene performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the unconscious woman and sent her to a major hospital, but she eventually died at about 11:59 that night. The hospital believed he died of heatstroke. A relevant person in Gyeongnam Province said: “Three people died on the 2nd and 3rd of this month alone, and the internal emergency state is temporarily suspended.” At around 12:26 noon on the 4th, a man was found in a garden in Suncheon City, Jeollanam Province. A woman in her 90s fell to the ground, and the police are investigating whether she suffered from heatstroke.
According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, 154 people suffered from heat stroke on the 3rd alone, which is the highest number since 164 people on August 3, 2018 (considered the “hottest year”). So far, among the 1,546 heat stroke patients, 485 are over 65 years old, accounting for 31.4% of the total number. The most common location for heat-related illnesses was outdoor workplaces (458 people), followed by rice fields (246 people). An official from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said: “The elderly are prone to heat-related illnesses because they cannot regulate body temperature due to their age and suffer from many other chronic diseases. Their children often call and tell them not to go.
Jamsil Baseball Stadium exceeds 50 degrees
On the afternoon of the 4th, the thermometer installed in the first base dugout of Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul exceeded 50 degrees. The match between Doosan and Kium that was scheduled to be held at Jamsil Stadium that day was canceled due to the heat wave. Providing Doosan Bears Professional baseball games scheduled to be held on the 4th at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul and Munsu Stadium in Ulsan have also been cancelled. This measure takes into account the situation where four spectators were transported due to heat illness at the Jamsil Stadium match held under a heat wave warning on the 3rd.
● At least 10 days of “daytime heat waves followed by tropical nights”
The Korea Meteorological Administration predicts that the hot weather will last for at least 14 days, with the highest perceived temperature being about 35 degrees, with repeated heat waves during the day and tropical nights at night. This is because two hot air masses, the North Pacific High and the Tibetan High, are forming a “double heat curtain” over the upper Korean Peninsula.
Taking Gangneung City, Gangwon Province as an example, since the 19th of last month, tropical nights with the lowest temperature above 25 degrees have lasted for 16 days, which is the same as the record of consecutive tropical nights in 2013. Accordingly, on the morning of the 5th, it is expected to break the longest tropical night record in the 113 years since tropical night observations began in 1911.
Seoul and Gwangju have experienced tropical nights for the 14th consecutive day since the 21st of last month, Daegu has experienced tropical nights for the 15th consecutive day since the 20th of last month, and Jeju City has experienced tropical nights for the 20th consecutive day since the 15th of last month. . Experts believe that if this trend continues, Seoul’s 2018 record for the longest consecutive tropical nights (26 days) may be broken.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Safety has activated the first phase of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCHQ) since the 31st of last month and maintained the highest level of heat wave crisis alert of “severe”. An official from the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said: “We have asked cities, counties and districts across the country to cooperate to ensure that elderly farmers and fishermen do not perform outdoor work such as field work during the hottest period, from 2 to 5 p.m.”
Reporter Park Sung-jin psjin@donga.com
Reporter Cao Youluo jyr0101@donga.com
Gwangju = Reporter Lee Hyung-joo peneye09@donga.com
Changwon = Doyoungjin reporter 0jin2@donga.com
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