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Lead] With a special cold wave warning issued across the country, the bitter cold continues for the second day.
Today (1st), the morning temperature has dropped more than yesterday, and the temperature does not rise significantly during the day, so the cold below zero will continue.
Reporter Kim Heung-soo reports.
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From thick padded jumpers to fur boots and scarves, each citizen on the street was heavily armed in midwinter outfits.
[Lee Seong-min/Gangseo-gu, Seoul: It's so cold that my hands and feet are shaking, and the weather suddenly gets so cold that I can't adapt even though I wear underwear...
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I hurried on my way home, crouching down in the fierce wind, and thawed my frozen body with hot fish cake soup for a while.
[Cho Hyeon-ja/Merchant: It should be moderately cold, but the weather gets too cold, so people run away because their hands and feet get cold...
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As the cold air from the north descends, a cold wave warning is in effect across the country, and the cold continues today.
The lowest temperature in Seoul this morning was minus 9.4 degrees, more than 2 degrees lower than yesterday morning, and in Daegwallyeong it went down to minus 14 degrees.
Here, as the wind blew, the perceived temperature dropped to around -15 degrees Celsius around the central inland.
Even during the day, the temperature does not rise significantly and the cold continues below freezing.
In the western region, including Jeju Island and the west coast of Chungcheongnam-do, rain or snow of around 5mm is expected tomorrow.
In the mountains of Jeju Island, 1-5 cm of snow is expected by tomorrow morning, and 1-3 cm of snow is expected in Chungnam and the west coast of Jeolla.
The cold is expected to ease somewhat from daytime after continuing until tomorrow morning, but the normal winter cold is expected to continue.