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Today (17th), the nationwide temperature dropped.
The strong wind sometimes canceled flights and snow piled up in the Jeolla and Chungcheong regions, but it is expected that tomorrow will be colder and more snowy than today.
This is reporter Yoo Deok-gi.
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is a village in Sunchang-gun, Jeollabuk-do.
At one point in the afternoon, the entire village was submerged in snow as heavy snow blizzards piled up more than 2 centimeters per hour.
The wind blew so hard that even residents stopped walking.
[Yang Gwi-seop / Jeollabuk-do Sunchang Post Office Mailman: (Snow) The view is blocked a lot and there are a lot of difficulties because of the slippery road surface.]
Mudeungsan in Gwangju also turned white in the pouring snow.
Parking lots in downtown Gwangju were also covered in snow.
As the temperature dropped due to the heavy snow, drivers were worried.
[Cha Geon-ho/Gwangju Taxi Driver: Probably around 5-6 o’clock, (snow) starts to freeze and it will be difficult to drive.] As
snow clouds developed in the West Sea entered the Honam and Chungcheong regions, more than 5 cm of snow a day A heavy snow advisory has been issued.
Damyang was 8.9 cm, Gwangju 8.3 cm, Sunchang 7.7 cm, and Boryeong 5.1 cm.
From tomorrow afternoon, heavy snow is expected for a short time, mainly in the metropolitan area and Gangwon-do.
A lot of snow of 3-8 cm is expected in the metropolitan area and Gangwon-do, and 1-5 cm in Chungcheong and Honam.
The momentum of the cold wave has also grown stronger, and a cold wave advisory has been issued for most of the country.
Tomorrow morning, the temperature will drop to minus 10 degrees in Seoul, minus 17 degrees in Daegwallyeong, minus 7 degrees in Daegu and minus 5 degrees in Gwangju.
(Video coverage: Chang-gun Jang KBC, Jun-tae Kim JTV, Video editing: So-young Lee)