The city broke the national record for two days in a row and stayed above 40 degrees Celsius for five days.

Many people got sick from the heat. Some even died. Most of the people who died were 80 years old or more.

The president said the heat was a national disaster. He told the government to help old people and those living alone.

Almost a million farm animals died because of the heat. Most of them were chickens.

The hot water also killed many fish. There were warnings about the high temperature in 31 of the country's 35 coastal areas.

Farmers are harvesting during the heatwave in Andong, South Korea.

A farmer in Yanggu county found that his potatoes were ruined because of the heat.

The farmer was very upset. He had never seen anything like this before in 40 years of farming.

A watermelon farmer in Gwangju watched his fruit turn soft because of the heat.

The farmer said the watermelons were fine one day, but they changed overnight. He had never seen this happen in 50 years of farming.

A strawberry farmer lost her seedlings. Her insurance does not cover the damage.

The government's insurance only covers certain crops and areas. Some farmers were not paid because they planted during a heat advisory.

When the insurance does not cover the damage, it can cause debt for the farmers.

New laws will help farmers who lose their crops because of disasters like the heatwave.

The government will now help farmers with more than just replanting costs. They will also help with production costs.

Asia is getting hotter faster than other parts of the world. This is according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization.

Japan had its hottest summer on record last year. It even had a 'cruelly hot day' when the temperature was over 40 degrees Celsius.

The Japan Meteorological Agency created a new category for very hot days after a national survey.

Some lions died at a zoo in Tokyo because of the heat. The zoo thinks they died from heatstroke.

Hong Kong had its hottest day on record on August 9. The temperature was 36.9 degrees Celsius.

The hot weather in Hong Kong was caused by a typhoon that was moving towards China.

A place in China called Turpan reached 50 degrees Celsius on July 21. This was the first time it had been that hot in the country this year.

North Korea also had very hot weather. The temperature in Pyongyang was 36.7 degrees Celsius on August 6, the highest on record.