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In Europe, winter seems to have disappeared due to abnormally high temperatures.

Snow is not falling this winter in the Swiss Alps ski resort, which used to be all white, and the beach is crowded with people enjoying sea bathing.

It's because of atmospheric congestion, but it's not irrelevant to the weather in Korea right now.



Reporter Kwon Ran reports.



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A ski resort in the Swiss Alps.



Instead of white snow, only green grass grows.



It has stayed above freezing temperatures all winter and has not snowed, recently it has risen to 20 degrees.



Only narrow slopes made of artificial snow were opened.



[Ski resort staff: The usage rate has decreased by 35-40% compared to last year when there was a lot of snow.]



Malaga Beach in Southern Spain feels like summer.



Citizens enjoy bathing in the sea and sunbathing.



[Tourist: It's perfect weather for a bike ride, but that means the earth is on fire.

It's good, but it's also scary.]



In continental Europe, which had a heat wave of over 40 degrees last summer, a phenomenon of higher temperatures than winter is appearing.



The low pressure on the British side stays in place and continues to blow hot air from Africa towards Europe.



The phenomenon that caused the heat wave last summer is repeated again.



Atmospheric stagnation is affecting Korea by prolonged fine dust.



This is the city of Busan today (6th).



I can't even see an inch ahead, but at one point in the morning in Busan, the fine dust concentration soared nearly five times the usual.



Seoul and other metropolitan areas also exceeded the usual four times.



Yellow dust from the Gobi Desert and fine dust from China are gathering together, and as domestic pollutants are added due to atmospheric congestion, high concentrations of fine dust are expected to continue throughout the weekend.



The Korea Meteorological Administration predicts that this congestion will become more frequent as the jet stream that circulates the atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula weakens due to climate change.



If carbon emissions are not reduced, the current level of 26 days a year in winter and spring congestion is expected to increase to 28 days in 20 years and 42 days in 80 years.



(Video coverage: Jeong Gyeong-moon · Yoo Dong-hyuk, video editing: Choi Hye-young, CG: Lim Chan-hyuk)



▶ [Weather] A sky full of fine dust all day...

Midnight 'snow'