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arctic cold wave that hit Korea recently also hit Taiwan, a region with a subtropical climate.
As there are many houses without heating in the usual mild weather, 146 people died in two days even in 6-degree weather.
This is Beijing Correspondent Jisung Kim.
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Changhua county in central western Taiwan.
Rescuers rushed the patient to the hospital.
A resident suffered a myocardial infarction due to the sudden cold.
[Chief of Janghwa County Fire Department Relief Department: (During the day) 61 patients were transported to the hospital by 119 rescuers.
Among them, four patients with cardiac arrest are included.]
Recently, a cold wave that hit Northeast Asia, including Korea, even reached Taiwan, which has a subtropical climate.
Taiwan, where the average annual temperature is between 22 and 24 degrees, has mild weather of 12 to 16 degrees even in winter.
When you turn on the faucet, ice pours out, a rare scene in Taiwan was also witnessed.
Taiwanese media reported that 146 people died from the cold wave across Taiwan over two days, including 28 deaths in the capital, Taipei.
Most of the dead were reported to have died from cardiovascular problems as their body temperature dropped in the cold weather.
In Taiwan, there are often no heating facilities, so when the temperature suddenly drops, there are not a few deaths. Two years ago, 126 people died in 10-degree weather.
In Heilongjiang Province, China, where a record-breaking cold wave of minus 53 degrees Celsius struck, the cargo compartment doors of passenger planes froze and passengers could not find their luggage for a long time.
[Harbin Airport employee: We are melting the door of the cargo compartment with a large fan.
We do not know exactly when it will be held.]
The Chinese and Taiwanese meteorological authorities predicted that the cold wave would continue for the time being, although the peak of this cold wave has passed.
(Video coverage: Ma Gyu, Video editing: Jung Yong Hwa, CG: Jegal Chan, video source: Taiwan TTV TVBS SET)