South Korea Snowstorm: There is heavy snowfall in South Korea. This site has been seen for about 100 years. Many people have been injured due to snowfall in Seoul and surrounding areas on Wednesday. Even traffic and power supply have been disrupted. Snowfall continued on Thursday as well.

This snowfall is the highest in November in 117 years. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), by 3 pm, the capital city had received 18 cm of snowfall. This was the biggest snowfall in November since modern meteorological records began in 1907. This new record was set with the first snowfall of the season in Seoul.

Heavy snowfall in South Korea

The state weather agency said the previous record was 12.4 centimetres of snowfall on November 28, 1972. The city of Incheon, west of Seoul, also recorded 14.8 centimetres of snowfall for November as of 3 pm, breaking the previous record of 8 centimetres set in 1972, according to Yonhap news agency.

There will be no relief no.

According to the KMA, Suwon, south of Seoul, received 21 centimetres of snow as o3 pmpm, the most of any snowfall in November. Snowfall and rain fell across the country until Thursday morning. Rain will continue until noon in parts of Gangwon and North Gyeongsang provinces, and on Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces and Jeju Island until late Friday night.

alert issued

The Interior Ministry raised the operation of the Central Disaster and Security Response Measures Headquarters in two steps. At the same time, the heavy snowfall warning was raised from 'caution' to 'alert'. Seongbuk Ward and Gangbuk Ward in the north of the city had received 20.6 cm and 20.4 cm of snowfall respectively as of 7 am on Wednesday.

Heavy snowfall warning issued

According to the KMA and the Seoul metropolitan government, a heavy snowfall warning was issued in Seoul's northeastern districts, including Nowon, Seongbuk and Dobong. The warning is issued when snowfall reaches 20 cm within 24 hours. In Seoul's Songpa district, a snow fence installed near a construction site collapsed due to snowfall. Three people were injured and were rushed to nearby hospitals. According to police and fire officials, one of them was seriously injured.

According to the Korea Electric Power Corporation, more than 170 homes in Seoul's Seongbuk district lost power at 5:30 a.m. Trees probably fell on telegraph poles and power lines due to heavy snow. Dozens of other homes in Eunpyeong-gu also suffered power outages, Yonhap news agency reported.