Fire trucks deployed as severe drought grips Gyeongsang

Fire trucks from fire departments across South Korea are gathered in South Gyeongsang Province after the government issued a national firefighting mobilization order to respond to the region’s worsening drought. The province’s average reservoir storage rate stands at 33.5 percent, the lowest in the country and less than half the national average of 72 percent, according to the Agricultural Drought Management System. All but one of the province’s 18 cities and counties are under an agricultural d