President Lee Jae Myung Calls for Overhaul of National Crisis System Due to Extreme Weather

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• 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.
• 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.
• President Lee Jae Myung has called for increased support for those affected amid warnings that extreme weather was becoming more frequent.
• We need to make efforts for a fundamental overhaul of the national crisis system, ​since this extreme weather is becoming normal,” President Lee said at a cabinet meeting, where he urged officials to accelerate measures.
• President Lee Jae Myung urged officials to increase support for those affected as extreme weather becomes more frequent.Image: Kim Hong-ji/REUTERS After authorities issued their first-ever heatwave warning ⁠for parts of.