SEOUL, Aug 6 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- Two women in their 70s have died due to extreme heat, raising the death toll from this year’s heatwave to 14 in South Korea, the interior ministry said Tuesday.
On Sunday, a 71-year-old woman was found unconscious in her home in Seoul and later died from a heat-related illness. Another 78-year-old woman died the same day while working on a farm in Goheung, 328 kilometers south of Seoul, the ministry said, Yonhap News Agency reported.
These deaths brought this year’s heatwave death toll to 14 as of Sunday, with the number of patients suffering from heat-related illnesses totaling 1,690.
From June 11 until Monday, 303,000 livestock died due to extreme heat, including 277,000 poultry.
On Tuesday, most parts of the country were under heatwave warnings.
The weather agency has forecast that the heatwave may persist until at least August 15.
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