South Korea breaks a standard number 117 years with a score of 22 “tropical nights” in July | Climate crisis news

At least 16 people died due to heat -related diseases in South Korea this year, according to health authorities.

South Korea broke a 117 -year -old record for late nights in July, amid a burning heat wave.

The Korean Meteorological Department (KMA) said on Thursday that the temperatures in Seoul have not decreased to less than 29.3 ° C (84.7 ° F), which represents the “tropical night” so far this month.

KMA sets a tropical night as it occurs when the temperatures remain above 25 ° C (77 degrees Fahrenheit) from 6:01 pm to 9 am the next day.

The number of tropical nights in July is the highest since the start of the records in 1908.

The previous record for July was 21 tropical nights, in 1994.

South Korea is wrestling with continental heat over the past week, with daily temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) throughout the country.

At least 16 people have died due to heat -related diseases so far this year, according to Korea Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA).

This teacher continues a modern direction of the burning temperatures throughout Asia, as scientists warn that changing the climate that a person moves increases the frequency of harsh weather.

On Wednesday, Japan said it had seen The heat of the day in the recorded date After mercury reached 41.2 ° C (106.16 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tampa, Hugo Governorate.

Earlier this month, Japan and South Korea reported that this year was the most recorded ever, while the National Climate Center in China said that the country had witnessed a record number of days with 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) or higher since the middle of the brush.

In India, the National Disaster Management Authority last month issued a red alert for New Delhi after the heat index – which is looking at temperature and humidity to measure the perceived temperature – reached 51.9 ° C (125.4 ° F).

In April, the Meanmar weather agency said that the country witnessed the most important day that was ever registered a month when mercury reached 48.2 ° C (118.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in the center of chocolate.

While climate change is a source of concern all over the world, Asia was especially vulnerable to maximum temperatures, according to scientists.

In the latest climate report issued last month, the World Meteorological Organization said that Asia was heating nearly twice the global average.

The average temperature of the Earth’s mass in Asia last year was about 1.04 ° C (33.87 ° F) over the direction of 1991-2020, according to WMO, which makes 2024 either the hottest year or the second year of the year, depending on the data set used.