South Korea records its highest-ever temperature
This photo shows a man riding a jetski on the Han River in Seoul.
South Korea registered on Aug. 2 its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, according to the state weather agency.
The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5 degrees Celsius at 1:26 p.m., the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website.
Yangsan has been the epicenter of the ongoing heatwave, where temperatures exceeded 40 degrees for a fifth consecutive day on Aug. 2.
