Reco d
heat
hits
fa ms
as
Asia
e du es
ext eme
summe
(Rep ese tative
image)
South
Ko ea
eco ded
its
hottest
summe
o
eco d
this
yea ,
with
the
southeaste
city
of
Ya gsa
eachi g
42.5°C
o
August
2,
the
highest
tempe atu e
eco ded
i
the
cou t y
si ce
mode
weathe
obse vatio s
bega
i
1904.A
South
Ko ea
potato
fa me
i
Ga gwo
p ovi ce
has
see
his
c op
dest oyed
by
ext eme
heat,
with
potatoes
ha vested
i
Ya ggu
cou ty
tu i g
soft
a d
collapsi g
withi
a
week
afte
i itially
appea i g
healthy.Fa me
Lee
Sa g-hyuk
said
the
tube s
had
become
“like
boiled
potatoes”
as
i te se
heat
affected
the
soil.“It’s
ot
just
o e
o
two
fields
like
this.
How
ca
I
eve
put
it
i to
wo ds?
It’s
so
upsetti g,”
Sa g-hyuk
told
local
b oadcaste
SBS.The
ext eme
heat
has
bee
blamed
fo
at
least
31
deaths
atio wide,
acco di g
to
South
Ko ea’s
disease
co t ol
age cy,
while
mo e
tha
900,000
livestock
a d
1.4
millio
fa med
fish
have
also
died.Autho ities
issued
a
heat
wa i g,
u gi g
people
to
“immediately
stop
all
outdoo
activities”.
South
Ko ea
P eside t
Lee
Jae
Myu g
told
his
cabi et
that
the
ext eme
weathe
was
“u like
a ythi g
we
have
expe ie ced
befo e”.
“We
eed
to
make
effo ts
fo
a
fu dame tal
ove haul
of
the
atio al
c isis
system,”
he
said,
“si ce
this
ext eme
weathe
is
becomi g
the
ew
o mal.”I
eighbou i g
Japa ,
tempe atu es
eached
40°C
o
highe
i
seve al
locatio s,
while
the
cou t y
eco ded
its
fi st
“kokushobi”,
o
“c uelly
hot
day”,
a
ew
catego y
i t oduced
this
yea
by
the
weathe
age cy
fo
tempe atu es
above
40°C.
I
Tokyo,
th ee
lio s
at
a
city
zoo
died
of
suspected
heatst oke,
as
cited
by
The
Gua dia .Scie tists
say
the
ext eme
tempe atu es
a e
pa t
of
a
wide
patte .
Resea che s
at
Japa ’s
Weathe
Att ibutio
Ce t e
fou d
that
the
cou t y’s
i te se
July
heat
would
have
bee
“vi tually
impossible”
without
global
wa mi g.They
estimated
that,
without
huma -caused
wa mi g,
a
heatwave
of
this
scale
would
occu
o
ave age
o ce
eve y
10,000
yea s.I
Ho g
Ko g,
the
obse vato y
eco ded
36.9°C,
the
highest
tempe atu e
the e
si ce
eco ds
bega
i
1884,
as
the
oute
ba ds
of
Typhoo
Dolphi
swept
hot
ai
ac oss
the
city.The
eco d
heat
also
highlighted
sho tcomi gs
i
the
city’s
heat-st ess
wa i g
system
fo
outdoo
wo ke s,
which
emai ed
at
its
lowest
level
despite
the
eco d
tempe atu es.I
Chi a’s
weste
Xi jia g
egio ,
a
weathe
statio
eco ded
50°C
i
July,
while
heatwaves
affected
the
cou t y’s
o th-east.
No th
Ko ea
also
epo ted
a
u
of
t opical
ights
i
Pyo gya g,
with
tempe atu es
emai i g
above
25°C.The
ext eme
heat
came
eve
as
a
El
Niño
eve t
was
u de
way,
a
atu al
climate
patte
that
has
p eviously
bee
li ked
to
a
lowe
likelihood
of
ext eme
summe
heat
i
Japa .El
Niño
occu s
atu ally
i
the
Pacific
a d,
whe
combi ed
with
huma -d ive
global
wa mi g,
ca
co t ibute
to
tempe atu e
spikes
a d
mo e
ext eme
weathe .
