Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries completely lifts high temperature disaster forecast and warning… Ends in 78 days

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Guk-ki = The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that it had completely lifted the high temperature disaster forecast and warning as of 4 p.m. on the 30th.

This measure is in response to the lifting of all high temperature warnings for 10 sea areas, including the West Sea of ​​Jeollanam-do and the waters off the South Sea.

High-temperature disaster forecasts and warnings are operated in four stages (attention → caution → alert → serious).

A high temperature warning is issued when the water temperature reaches 25 degrees, a preliminary warning is issued, a warning is issued when the water temperature reaches 28 degrees, and it is converted to a warning when the water temperature exceeds 28 degrees continues for more than 3 days.

The high-temperature disaster forecast and warning went into effect at the 'caution' level on July 14th, and were then upgraded to the 'serious' level on the 30th of the same month, continuing for 78 days until this day.

In some sea areas where high temperature warnings were in effect, water temperatures were found to be up to 7 to 8 degrees higher than last year.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries provided a total budget of 9.4 billion won for response equipment to reduce damage from high temperatures, and also began preemptive early shipment of marine products and emergency release of 19.3 million fish.

As the damage from the high-temperature disaster has entered its final stages, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries plans to provide support for fishermen to recover from damage.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries explained that after paying 9.6 billion won as the first disaster relief fund before Chuseok, it plans to issue additional support funds by preparing a 'second recovery plan' next month.