122-year record heat kills nearly a million farm animals in South Korea
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South Korea is experiencing a record-breaking heat wave that has killed nearly a million farm animals and caused significant crop failures including potatoes and watermelons. The crisis severely impacts agriculture and fisheries, threatening food security and farmer livelihoods.
South Korea's record heat wave has killed close to a million farm animals and 1.83 million farmed fish, the agriculture and fisheries ministries said, with farmers reporting potato and watermelon crops rotting in the field.
World Health Commodities South Korea heat wave farm animal deaths crop failure agriculture food security