43% of greater Seoul area placed under serious heat wave warnings

The state weather agency issued additional serious heat wave warnings in the greater Seoul area Wednesday, placing 43 percent of the region under the highest alert level. The top-tier warnings took effect at 11 a.m. in southern Incheon, and nine cities and zones in Gyeonggi Province, including Gwangmyeong, Yeoncheon and Hwaseong, raising the total to 20 out of 46 land weather advisory areas in the capital region, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration. The alert was also issued for