{"id":4601,"date":"2026-07-12T11:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T11:57:13","slug":"south-korea-issues-first-ever-grave-heat-wave-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/07\/12\/south-korea-issues-first-ever-grave-heat-wave-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea Issues First-Ever Grave Heat Wave Warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seoul: South Korea has issued its first-ever &#8220;grave heat wave&#8221; warnings for the southeastern cities of Gyeongsan and Pohang under the country&#8217;s newly introduced highest-level heat alert system.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to officials, the warnings came into effect at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday after temperatures reached 39.9\u00b0C in Gyeongsan and 37.2\u00b0C in Pohang on Saturday. Forecasters expect temperatures in both cities to climb to around 39\u00b0C again on Sunday.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grave heat wave warning is the highest alert under South Korea&#8217;s new heat warning system, which was introduced on June 1 to improve public preparedness for extreme weather.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the system, the highest-level warning is issued when the forecast maximum temperature reaches 39\u00b0C in areas where the apparent temperature has remained at 35\u00b0C or higher for at least two consecutive days.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have advised residents to avoid outdoor activities, remain in shaded or air-conditioned places, drink plenty of water and take precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new warning reflects growing concerns over increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves affecting the country during the summer.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seoul: South Korea has issued its first-ever &#8220;grave heat wave&#8221; warnings for the southeastern cities of Gyeongsan and Pohang under the country&#8217;s newly introduced highest-level heat alert system. According to officials, the warnings came into effect at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday after temperatures reached 39.9\u00b0C in Gyeongsan and 37.2\u00b0C in Pohang on Saturday. Forecasters expect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4603,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions\/4603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}