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Northeast Asia is baking under a deadly heat wave, with record-breaking temperatures turning daily life into a survival challenge. Seoul hit 39°C, Yangsan soared to 42.5°C—the hottest since 1904—and officials in South Korea are declaring it a national disaster. Japan saw over 18,000 heat stroke hospitalizations in a week; baseball games were canceled as fans fainted. In North Korea, doctors bizarrely recommended dog meat and fish porridge to combat the heat. Even wildlife can’t escape—three lions died at Tokyo’s Tama Zoo from dehydration. Meanwhile, Japan battles a dual crisis: an earthquake in Kumamoto left tens of thousands without water, and a woman died from heat stroke while sheltering in her car. Authorities scramble to issue warnings and protect lives, but with no relief in sight, the region braces for escalating devastation across humans, animals, and ecosystems.

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