
Haewundae Beach in the southern port city of Busan is literally jampacked with 800,000 people on July 24, 2005 as the temperature rose to well over 30 degrees Celcius in most areas of the nation. About 10 people were drowned to death or died as a result of record summer heat over the weekend as the temperature recorded over 35 degrees Celcius in some parts of the nation.