Ministry of Public Administration and Security downgrades heat wave disaster warning from 'serious' to 'alert'... End of emergency work at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Cha Min-ji = The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it will lower the heat wave disaster warning from 'severe' to 'alert' level as of 10 p.m. on the 4th according to the results of monitoring for heat wave disaster crisis signs and will lift the 1st stage emergency duty of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters).

Accordingly, the heat wave emergency response service, which began operation on July 27th, will end after 40 days of operation until today.

In order to respond to the prolonged heat wave nationwide, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security raised the heat wave disaster warning to 'serious' level at 3 pm on July 27 and activated the first level of the disaster response headquarters.

Afterwards, at 1 p.m. on August 2, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters was raised to level 2 to strengthen the government-wide response.

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters was operated at level 2 until August 12th, and was adjusted back to level 1 from the 13th and continued emergency work until today.

An official from the Ministry of Public Administration and Security said, "Even if the severe alert is lifted, the daytime temperature is expected to be 24 to 31 degrees Celsius for the time being, similar to or slightly higher than normal," and added, "We will do our best to respond to prevent additional damage from the heat wave."