A flock of Whooper swans huddle together on an ice sheet as they brave the cold at Gyeongpocheon Stream in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Thursday, as the country’s strongest cold wave hit the country.
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s akin to being trapped in an icy expanse.
Seoul experienced the fiercest cold spell of the winter on Thursday, with temperatures dropping to minus 14 degrees Celsius in the morning. As the city received its first cold wave warning of the season on December 21, office workers geared up for the frigid day, donning thick padded jumpers, scarves, and gloves.
The tidal flats in front of Dongmak Beach in Ganghwa, South Korea, are frozen on Thursday after the country’s strongest cold wave hit the country.
By 8 a.m., Hyangrobong recorded the lowest temperature at minus 25.3 degrees, with a bone-chilling wind chill of minus 37.7 degrees. On last Sunday, the lowest temperature among the 640 automatic weather station (AWS) locations was also at Hyangrobong on the border of Goseong and Inje in Gangwon Province, where the lowest temperature was minus 24.2 degrees Celsius.
A Korea Airports Corporation snow removal vehicle clears snow from the runway of Jeju International Airport on the afternoon of Nov. 21, following a cold wave from the Arctic.
In Seoul, the temperature plummeted to minus 14.4 degrees, accompanied by a wind chill of minus 22.3 degrees this morning, marking one of the most intense cold waves this winter.
The icy grip is expected to persist until the morning of the 23rd.
Frozen water meters lie at the Jungbu Water Management Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Thursday morning following a cold wave.
Even if temperatures rise and return to normal on December 23, the respite will be brief, given that this period represents the coldest phase of the year.
(Yonhap)
