Heatwave grips nation, Seoul experiences sizzling temperatures

서울 폭염 최고조 We have been seeing the temperatures in Korea reach rarely before seen levels and today that record was broken once again... with many parts of the nation reaching 40 degrees Celsius and above in an unofficial tally. Our Lee Jeehyun joins me live from weather center. That's right Record breaking temperatures practically baked many regions of the country. And, Seoul was no expcetion... so I went out today to get a glimpse of how Seoulites were dealing with the heat. Blinding sunshine and the mercury in the mid-30s and above,...conditions on Friday called for hats, fans, sunglasses, hand parasols, youn name it, to tackle the heat. And certainly it was a day you couldn't walk around without a cold drink in your hand. "I started to wonder if the summer has always this been hot... and high humidity is only making it worse, I have a hard time falling a sleep at night." "Once you step outside, you can feel that steamy heat… I try not to go outside on a sweltering day like today … I stay home with my kid." " Feels like I am inside an oven My office doesn't run the air conditioning full blast.. so it's hard to concentrate at work. I hope the heat subsides soon and things get cooler " A heatwave alert remains in place for the entire nation on Friday and readings should go up as high as today on Saturday. I will be back with more with the weather updates shortly Back to you Conn-young in the studio Visit ‘Arirang News’ Official Pages Facebook(NEWS):   / newsarirang   Homepage: http://www.arirang.com Facebook:   / arirangtv   Twitter:   / arirangworld   Instagram:   / arirangworld