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[Weather] Bitter cold grips Gangwon Province

By Bak Se-hwan

Published : Jan. 4, 2018 - 10:29

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A blast of arctic air hit parts of eastern Gangwon Province on Thursday, extending the extreme cold weather alert issued Tuesday to the southern inland area of the province. 

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The temperature in Cheorwon plunged to minus 13.9 degrees Celsius in the morning. Inje recorded minus 13.4 C, while Hongcheon recorded minus 13.3 C and Gangneung minus 4.1 C, according to the Gangwon Meteorological Administration.

As of 9 a.m., the extreme cold weather alert remained for some parts of Gangwon Province, northern parts of North Chungcheong Province and North Gyeongsang Province.

The temperature in Seoul hovered around minus 8 C in the morning. It is expected to drop to minus 10 C.

By Bak Se-hwan (sh@heraldcorp.com)

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