Gallery: record snowfall in South Korea

[unreal.livejournal.com]

EASTERN SOUTH KOREA has been hit by its heaviest snowfall in 100 years, after over three feet (100cm) of snow fell in the east of the country at the weekend.

The Korea Times reports that the largest single-day snowfall since 1911 came down between Friday and Saturday.

Although dozens of greenhouses have been destroyed by the heavy snow and farmland damaged, the paper reports that the weather may help the country in its push to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.


An International Olympic Committee inspection team is due to arrive in the prospective host city of Pyeongchang today.

Thousands of soldiers have been deployed to clear the snow and army helicopters have been carrying supplies to isolated areas, the AFP reports. More snow is expected to fall later this week, causing further damage to property.

The snowfall comes after neighbouring North Korea recorded its coldest winter in over 25 years.



A local resident removes snow from the path to his home in

South Korean police officers remove snow from highway in Samcheck

A local woman sweep snow around her car in Gangneung

A man walks by vehicles covered with snow in Gangneung

The main street of Gangneung, east of Seoul, South Korea, is jammed with cars due to days of a record heavy snowfall

Military trucks carrying army soldiers drive for snow-removing work in Sockcho

A South Korean army armored vehicle removes snow off the load in Pohang

Source: thejournal
Some more on the snowfall and some pictures

Comments

[miumiu18.livejournal.com]

An Irish K-pop fan in OMONA!!! :D There was a lot of snow, but at least we got a lot of sunshine too ;)

[miumiu18.livejournal.com]

Sorry, let me rephrase it: A K-Pop fan in Ireland!!! :D
Actually, I'm not Irish either LOL I'm Vietnamese-German, spending an Erasmus year here :P
In which part of Ireland do you live?

[miumiu18.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'm studying in Cork. I've only been to Dublin once, when my flight from Cork was cancelled -__- But I'll visit it again in March :)

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

IRELAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hugs you*
Yeah that snow here was insane...and even though it doesn't compare to SK it was probably just as destructive to traffic etc since no one knew what to do with the stuff or how to cope.

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

Yes I do, in the south east. It's exciting to meet another fan in Ireland, I didn't know if there was anyone else at all hehe.
The white Christmas was lovely, I actually enjoyed having the snow because I've always missed it since I moved over from Scotland. I was torn between wanting it to go so everything could work properly again and wanting it so stay so I could enjoy it longer ;o)

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

Cool, I've actually been here just over 6 years so we're almost the same in time =]
DBSK is my first love of kpop...not the first I encountered but definitely my first and greatest love ^^ Still a fan of all five boys and I've accepted their positions for now. Last year I got really into Beast but I also love MBLAQ, SHINee, 2PM, 2AM, CN Blue, BEG...and more. I have quite varied taste so I tend to enjoy a wide range of groups and singers ^^
What about you? I love your cute userpic of Jae and Onew...Onew is my favourite SHINee member!

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

We need to be friend on here so we can keep in touch! I'm still so excited that you're here in Ireland. And we have a lot in common too!

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

Hehe, I thought you might like that one ^^ I love his expression in it...as well as his pose of course ;o)

I'm not really using facebook at all...lol we're so stuck between the two. Maybe e-mail would be an ok alternative? I don't mind sending a few back and forth with you to keep in touch if it suits you better than lj =]

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

Great =]
*squishes you*
I'm looking forward to our future conversations!!
Night night my new friend ♥

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

Holy chet.
Strange to see there's not a drop (flake?) of snow in Seoul.

[nandexdame.livejournal.com]

How is a one off record snow fall going to help them get the Olympics? idgi

[mntsuklaa.livejournal.com]

If there's lot of snow, it'll be easier to arrange the skiing etc... At least that's how I see it.
But just because they have a lot of snow at the moment doesn't mean there will be a lot of snow 8 years from now...

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

maybe the government was looking for a big plot of unused land near seoul to build a stadium. If enough buildings and whatnot are destroyed...

[kittycurious.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of jealous, lol. The snow here is beginning to melt. Though I guess it's a good thing, I still feel like it's January because of it.

[kellygreen.livejournal.com]

I kind of wish it would snow like that in Seoul. I could use a snow day.

[dinotabbi.livejournal.com]

This is Canada every day in winter

[childishgrin.livejournal.com]

Is this was Canada our only reaction would be "oh fuck you snow, I'm getting an ice caps once I'm done shoveling you again".

[x-yoru.livejournal.com]

I know eh? ;D

[weerainbow.livejournal.com]

The fact that it's damaging property is the worst...though I do hope that people are taking care of the elderly in those conditions because they tend to get stuck indoors without much food and they are especially susceptible to the cold :(

[magicpineapple.livejournal.com]

And here in Florida we're enjoying a beautiful, 70F day... lol.

[noxiouspanda.livejournal.com]

I miss Florida!!! Why did I choose a school in Ohio!?!?!?

[k0dama.livejournal.com]

gosh.. it would barely snowed half a foot all winter in Korea when I lived there. We also had no such thing as snow days at school ...

[shisukachan.livejournal.com]

Ah... Those pics remind of the blizzard we just had in Illinois, especially Chicago, a few weeks ago.

[cher-ex3.livejournal.com]

Looks like Philadelphia a month ago.

[angel-ehron.livejournal.com]

Lol, this looks like my town about two weeks ago. Got that much snow in one day too O__o Doesn't look like they are as prepared for it as we are every year though.