The super cold spell hit South Korea and Japan, Seoul encountered the strongest cold spell in 35 years, the temperature dropped to minus 18.6 degrees Celsius on Friday (8), the Han River froze again after 2 years, and ice breaker was deployed to maintain shipping. A local anchor placed a cup of noodles outside, and the cup was cold and stiff after one hour.
A South Korean fishing boat was trapped in the sea under the cold spell and could not move. The fishermen said, “The water is freezing and we don’t know what to do.” In addition, the Han River, which flows through Seoul, is iced over, with a thickness of more than 5 centimeters, and ice breakers need to be deployed urgently to break the ice to maintain normal shipping. In addition to Seoul, the temperature in the coastal city of Incheon also fell to -17 degrees Celsius; and there was a fire in the substation, resulting in more than 70,000 households without power, and there are areas without power for 9 hours, residents without heat and hot water under the misery.
In Japan, the western and northern areas along the Sea of Japan recently appeared strong snowfall, resulting in a rapid increase in snow, including Toyama City after 35 years of snow again more than 1 meter. About 67,000 households in Iwate, Akita and Niigata prefectures were without power on Friday. In Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture, nearly 90 centimeters of snow fell in 24 hours, and Fukui City also had more than 50 centimeters, until next Sunday (10) there will be intermittent heavy snowfall, and the snow height is expected to be higher.
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