Aug 17, 2018 Social affairs
South Korea hit by longest, most severe heat wave in 2018
South Korea was gripped by the longest, most severe heat wave in its recorded history this year, breaking the record set in 1994, the state weather agency said Friday.Between June 1 and Aug. 16, the nationwide average temperature was 25.5 C, with a mean daily high of 30.7 C, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration, both of which were the highest since 1973, when the agency began to compile relevant data. (Yonhap)The unusually long heat wave was caused by high atmospheric pressure fr
