Heat-related death toll rises to 21 amid serious heat wave
Among the patients reported this year, heat exhaustion accounted for 61.7 percent, followed by heat stroke at 16.8 percent and heat cramps at 11.5 percent
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Among the patients reported this year, heat exhaustion accounted for 61.7 percent, followed by heat stroke at 16.8 percent and heat cramps at 11.5 percent. Temperatures in Seoul are expected to reach up to 39 C on Thursday, according to the agency. (Yonhap). A total of 2,441 patients have visited emergency rooms for heat-related conditions as of Tuesday since mid-May, when authorities launched the heat-related illness surveillance system, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Furthermore, Although fewer people suffered heat-related illnesses this year than during the same period last year, more people died this year, with the death toll surpassing last year's total of 20. The state weather agency issued additional serious heat wave warnings for the greater Seoul area earlier in the day, placing 43 percent of the region under the highest alert level. One of the latest fatalities was a 60-year-old man, who was working outside on a farm in the county of Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province, on Tuesday.
In addition, More than 2,400 people treated for heat-related illnesses as temperatures in Seoul are forecast to reach 39C. A thermometer shows the temperature in Seoul's Gangnam Ward on Aug.
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Among the patients reported this year, heat exhaustion accounted for 61.7 percent, followed by heat stroke at 16.8 percent and heat cramps at 11.5 percent.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesTemperatures in Seoul are expected to reach up to 39 C on Thursday, according to the agency. (Yonhap)
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesA total of 2,441 patients have visited emergency rooms for heat-related conditions as of Tuesday since mid-May, when authorities launched the heat-related illness surveillance system, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesAlthough fewer people suffered heat-related illnesses this year than during the same period last year, more people died this year, with the death toll surpassing last year's total of 20.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThe state weather agency issued additional serious heat wave warnings for the greater Seoul area earlier in the day, placing 43 percent of the region under the highest alert level.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesOne of the latest fatalities was a 60-year-old man, who was working outside on a farm in the county of Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province, on Tuesday.
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More than 2,400 people treated for heat-related illnesses as temperatures in Seoul are forecast to reach 39C
according to Anadolu AgencyA thermometer shows the temperature in Seoul's Gangnam Ward on Aug.
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