Gwanghwamun Square and Gyeongbok Palace are blanketed with snow in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by AP
The biggest November snowstorm to hit South Korea's capital blanketed the capital on Wednesday and continued for a second day on Thursday, with at least four people reported dead.
Coincidentally being the first snow of the season in Seoul, it is the highest figure in November since the agency set up nationwide observation posts in 1907.
More than 40 cm (16 inches) of snow piled up in parts of Seoul by 8 a.m. Thursday.
A storm on Nov. 28, 1972, dumped 12 centimeters (4.7 inches).
A woman using a smart phone walks during heavy snowfall in central Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by Reuters
A worker (L) checks a Korean Air plane parked on the tarmac during snowfall as seen through a window at Incheon international airport, west of Seoul on Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by AFP
More than 200 flights were canceled or delayed, most of them domestic as airports across the country experienced severe weather conditions, which also included strong wind, and at least 70 ferries serving islands were suspended.
Power was cut for thousands of households in several areas of Seoul and the central region as electricity lines were damaged by falling trees and snow-related causes, news reports said.
Visitors Cha, left, and Chie, center, from the Philippines, play with snow as they take selfies at the Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Korea's well-known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by AP
Workers clean snow in front of the statue of King Sejong at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 27, 2024. Photo by AP
