North Korean media promoted dog meat soup, fish porridge and produce during an early-August heat wave across the Korean Peninsula. APPI News could not find a public North Korean count of heat-related illnesses or deaths.
The World Health Organization's July 31, 2026 guidance says heat-related deaths and hospital admissions can rise on the day of an extreme-heat event and in the days that follow. A household plan should connect local warnings to cooling, fluids and rest, with earlier action for children, older adults and people with chronic illness.
The World Health Organization advises moving to the coolest room at night and using air conditioning with a fan when available during a heatwave. Fans, bathing and bedding serve different purposes, and no single bedroom temperature suits every sleeper or climate.
Hungary kept one turbine at the Paks nuclear plant running at 240 MW on August 3, avoiding an expected full shutdown. Record-low Danube levels had cut the plant to 12 percent of its usual 2,000 MW output and prompted emergency conservation measures.
Three lionesses at Tokyo's Tama Zoological Park died between July 28 and August 2 after several animals developed signs consistent with heat stress. Autopsies found dehydration and multiple organ failure, but the zoo had not issued a final independent pathology finding.
Two crew members died when firefighting helicopters collided near Athens on August 2 as strong winds drove new evacuations in Greece. France allowed most people displaced by the Gironde fire to return, but hot spots and fires elsewhere in southern Europe remained active.
