2,025 Heat-Related Illnesses Reported in South Korea from May to August 2026

TLDR

• Between May 15 and August 2 this year, a total of 2,025 people have suffered heat-related illnesses, the interior ministry said in a statement.
• Europe has also faced a sweltering summer, with Germany’s heat-related death toll for 2026 already surpassing every full-year total since 2016 — and expected to climb as another spell of extreme temperatures takes hold.
• SEOUL: AT least 16 people have died in South Korea, as a record heatwave hits the country.
• South Korea grapples with historic heat wave Temperatures in the capital hit 38 degrees Celsius at midday and were expected to fall only to about 29 degrees overnight.
• South Korea’s southeastern island city of Yangsan recorded a temperature of 42.5 degrees Celsius (108.5 degrees Fahrenheit) on ‌Sunday, the highest measured in 122 years of ​observations, the national weather agency.