A vendor drinks cold water at Yangsan Nambu Market in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, when the city's daytime high reached 42.5 degrees Celsius, Sunday. Yonhap
YANGSAN, South Gyeongsang Province — The streets of Yangsan, where Korea recorded its highest temperature ever at 42.5 degrees Celsius on Sunday, were nearly deserted except for delivery riders rushing between orders.
Outside a restaurant in Jungbu-dong, a delivery rider in his 40s repeatedly shifted his feet while waiting to pick up food, unable to bear the heat radiating from the sun-scorched asphalt. As the heat wave drove a surge in food delivery orders, he was fully equipped with cooling arm sleeves, a cooling vest and a neck cooler, but sweat still poured down his face.
Removing his helmet to wipe away sweat, he said, "It's so hot that I can't even stand still outside. The whole city feels like a giant boiling cauldron."
A vendor drinks iced water at Yangsan Nambu Market in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, when the city's daytime high reached 42.5 degrees Celsius, Sunday. Yonhap
