Heftige Schneefälle haben in Südkorea und Japan ein Verkehrschaos angerichtet. Wie die Koreanische Meteorologische Verwaltung am Donnerstag erklärte, ging im Süden des Landes die grösste Schneemenge seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen 1968 nieder.

“An 18th day of record snowfalls in the Southwest and Jeju Island has damaged over 100 buildings — mainly farmhouses, barns and schools — and paralyzed highway traffic and shipping and grounded flights. A civil servant in his 40s was killed when a greenhouse collapsed on him. Traffic on the Honam Expressway came to a complete standstill but resumed Thursday morning on one lane in each direction, but sky and sea routes remain mostly closed, as do 1,196 schools.

The Korea Meteorological Administration has forecast another 5-30 cm of snow in the region over the next two or three days. If the government does not operate a prompt and effective relief and rehabilitation system, the damage could snowball. ” (chosun.com)

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