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SEOUL – Residents of South Korea’s capital are resorting to novel ways to beat the heat as a century-old weather record fell Friday following a 26th “tropical night” in a row — when the temperature stays above 25 degrees Celsius.
“Severe heat of 33 to 37 is foreseen in some areas,” said Kim Kwang Hyok, an official at the State Hydro-Meteorological Administration. The eye of the typhoon was not expected to make landfall, instead barrelling north-eastward up the Honshu coast and skirting the Tokyo region, home to around 40 million people, before heading back into the Pacific from Saturday.
The US military’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast maximum sustained wind speeds of 110 knots and gusts of 135 knots by 3:00 pm off the coastal Chiba region east of the capital. The intense heat in Seoul is expected to continue, according to the met office, setting a record every day until next week.
Data from Korea Power Exchange showed South Korea’s electricity demand hit an all-time high on Monday as people battled the heatwave with air conditioners and fans.
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