[Weather] Cold Wave Causes Continuous Facility Damage... Tomorrow Morning Seoul Minus 11 Degrees

On the 17th, heavy snow and a severe cold wave swept across the country, causing various facility damages such as meter freezing and flight delays. Tomorrow morning (18th), the cold will continue with temperatures dropping to as low as minus 11 degrees Celsius in the Seoul area.

On the same day, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters reported 13 cases including meter freezing, with all but one case having been restored. Six people suffered from cold-related illnesses, bringing the total number of injuries since the 1st of this month to 48.

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Due to heavy snow and the cold wave, four local roads including two in Chungnam were closed, and 58 trails in six national parks including 16 in Seoraksan were shut down.

Ferries on 41 routes with 54 vessels, including the route connecting Incheon and Baengnyeongdo, and 14 flights including six in Jeju were canceled. In particular, at Cheongju Airport, flight operations were delayed due to runway icing, resulting in 386 stranded passengers. After snow removal operations on the runway, the airport response team resumed flight operations at 10:43 a.m. and all stranded passengers boarded their flights by 2:37 p.m.

Tomorrow, most parts of the country will experience below-zero temperatures, continuing the cold weather. Snowfall is expected in the Jeolla West Coast and Jeju Island until morning. Morning low temperatures are forecasted to range from minus 18 to minus 3 degrees Celsius, and daytime highs from minus 4 to plus 4 degrees Celsius.

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Expected snowfall amounts are 1 to 3 cm on the Chungnam West Coast, Ulleungdo, and Dokdo, and around 1 cm in Sejong and northern inland Chungnam. From the 17th over two days, 1 to 3 cm of snow is expected on the West Sea Five Islands, 1 to 5 cm on the Jeolla West Coast (with more than 10 cm in some island areas of Jeonbuk), 3 to 8 cm in the mid-mountain and mountainous areas of Jeju Island (with more than 10 cm in some places), and 1 to 5 cm along the Jeju coastal areas.

From night until the daytime of the 19th, rain (or rain and snow in mountainous areas) is expected again in Jeju Island. Fine dust levels will be 'good' nationwide due to smooth atmospheric dispersion.

Sea waves will be 0.5 to 3.0 meters in the East Sea coastal waters, and 0.5 to 1.5 meters in the West Sea and South Sea coastal waters.

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