Up to Two Feet of Snow hits South Korea/Japan

[Anonymous]

Up to 56 cm (22 inches) of snow in South Korea - Jan 16, 2005 - At one point Kimhae International Airport, the gateway to South Korea ’s second largest city of Pusan , was closed to all flights due to the conditions. Japan was also hard hit.
Around 50 cm (20 inches) of snow fell in The Japanese regions of Kanto and Tohoku.

In yesterday’s Weather News, Isobel focused largely on some of the snowy weather that we’ve been experiencing around the globe, particularly in the United States.

Since then, snow has been making the headlines across other parts of the world, chiefly eastern Asia. During Saturday and Saturday night, parts of eastern South Korea were battered by strong winds and heavy snowfall. Up to 56 cm (22 inches) of snow fell in the Gangwon and North Gyeongsang provinces by midday on Sunday. At one point Kimhae International Airport, the gateway to South Korea’s second largest city of Pusan, was closed to all flights due to the conditions.

It was a similar picture across the Sea of Japan. The Japanese regions of Kanto and Tohoku, especially towards the Pacific coast, were particularly badly hit by the snow and strong winds. Around 50 cm (20 inches) of snow fell in places, as a deep area of low pressure tracked across the country towards the Pacific. The worst of the weather here, and in South Korea, occurred on the rear edge of this system as the winds strengthened at swung into a cold northerly direction.


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