August 16, 2024
Seoul breaks 118-year-old weather record with 26th ‘tropical night’
Pedestrians use an umbrella to protect themselves from the sun and a portable fan as they wait to cross a street in Seoul on August 14, 2024, during a prolonged heat wave that has gripped much of the country. — AFP The South Korean capital broke a century-old weather record with its 26th so-called tropical night in a row as the temperature remained above 25°C, official data showed on Friday. “The cold air does not come down from the north, and as we are affected by the warmer side of the southwest, the temperature constantly registers around 25 degrees Celsius


