SEOUL, Aug 3 (NNN-YONHAP) – The death toll from this summer’s heatwave in South Korea rose to at least 23, the fire authorities said, yesterday.
Two additional deaths from heatstroke were reported on Tuesday, and the estimated death toll rose to 23, more than three times higher than seven deaths tallied in the same period, last year.
Most of the deceased were elderly farmers working outside in the sweltering heat.
The heatwave struck the hardest in the south-eastern North Gyeongsang province, of which the heatstroke deaths reached 10.
South Korea has recently struggled with a severe heatwave, as the daytime highs stayed around 35 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country.– NNN-YONHAP
