{"id":519234,"date":"2026-08-02T10:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/south-korea-breaks-its-all-time-temperature-record-with-42-5-degrees\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T14:24:18","slug":"south-korea-breaks-its-all-time-temperature-record-with-42-5-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/south-korea-breaks-its-all-time-temperature-record-with-42-5-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea breaks its all-time temperature record, with 42.5 degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Authorities warn that the heat wave is expected to continue throughout next week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tokyo.-<\/strong> The <strong>city of Yangsan<\/strong>, in the <strong>southeast of South Korea<\/strong>, broke the <strong>record for maximum temperature<\/strong> recorded in the Asian country this Sunday with <strong>42.5 degrees Celsius,<\/strong> amidst a heat wave that has forced authorities to declare a weather alert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 42.5 degrees Celsius recorded in Yangsan by the <strong>South Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA)<\/strong> represent the highest mark since modern meteorological observations began in 1904, following five consecutive days with the thermometer exceeding 40 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The milestone occurred amidst a <strong>high-temperature episode<\/strong> that is sweeping the entire territory, and which this Sunday led the Government to declare the <strong>second level of alert in the disaster response center, <\/strong>according to the office of <strong>Prime Minister Han Seong-sook,<\/strong> on the social network X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was adopted due to &#8220;the intensification of the heat wave and concern over the damage caused by the drought in some regions,&#8221; the statement indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Han had already urged citizens last Friday to &#8220;avoid outdoor activities as much as possible during midday hours&#8221; and to remain alert to the &#8220;tendency to relax vigilance a little.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korean meteorological authorities <strong>have warned that the heat wave is expected to continue throughout next week.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities warn that the heat wave is expected to continue throughout next week Tokyo.- The city of Yangsan, in the southeast of South Korea, broke the record for maximum temperature recorded in the Asian country this Sunday with 42.5 degrees Celsius, amidst a heat wave that has forced authorities to declare a weather alert. 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