Heavy snow blankets Korea on Lunar New Year holiday

Heavy Snow Blankets Korea On Lunar New Year Holiday

Snow accumulates in Deokjin District of Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Jan. 28. The snowfall began the previous day. Yonhap

Snow accumulates in Deokjin District of Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, Jan. 28. The snowfall started the day before today. Yonhap

Heavy snow blanketed Korea on Tuesday, with about 120 centimeters of snow piling up within the mountain areas of the southern resort island of Jeju.

Different areas throughout the nation had been additionally pounded by snow, with greater than 10 cm of snow falling in cities reminiscent of Chungju, Wonju and Daejeon. Seoul obtained some 2.5 cm of snow.

As of 8 a.m., 1 to three cm of snow had been falling each hour in areas that had been positioned beneath a snow advisory, with some areas receiving about 5 cm of snow per hour.

The climate company anticipated the snow, in addition to rain, to proceed to fall by means of Wednesday, with as much as 15 cm of snow anticipated within the central and southern areas, reminiscent of Daejeon, Sejong, Gwangju, the South and North Jeolla provinces, and South Chungcheong Province.

Between 3 to eight cm of extra snow was anticipated for Seoul, Incheon and the encompassing Gyeonggi Province.

A chilly snap additionally gripped the nation, with morning temperatures coming in between minus 10 levels Celsius and 0 levels.

Daytime highs had been anticipated to remain between minus 5 levels and 6 levels.

Attributable to heavy rain, three flights had been canceled, whereas some 70 passenger ships touring on 56 sea routes had been suspended, based on the Central Catastrophe and Security Countermeasure Headquarters.

The entrances to 19 nationwide parks throughout the nation had been additionally cordoned off for security, based on officers. (Yonhap)

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